Question

Two football players have a head -on collision and grab onto each others uniforms .The 80 kg Pennridge Ram was moving at 3m/s while the 70 kg Souderton player was moving in the oppsoite direction at 2.5m/s .What is their final velocity after impact

Answer 1

the final velocity are as follows

putting the values in eq

m1=80 kg

m2=70 kg

u1=3 m/s

u2=2.5 m/s

on solving

v1=2.53

v2=3.03