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A 950 kg car traveling east collides in an inellastic collision with a 1900 kg truck...

A 950 kg car traveling east collides in an inellastic collision with a 1900 kg truck traveling

north. The final magnitude and direction of the vehicles are 16 m/s 66º north of east.

What were the initial velocities of the car and truck?

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