you have been hired as an expert witness by an attorney for a trial involving a traffic accident. the attorney's client, the plaintiff in this case, was traveling eastbound toward an intersection at 13.2 m/s as measured just before the accident by a roadside speed meter, and as seen by a trustworthy witness. as the plaintiff entered the intersection, his car was struck by a northbound driver, the defendant in this case, driving a car with identical mass to the plaintiff's. the vehicles stuck together after the collision and left parallel skid marks at an angle of theta