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A railroad car of mass 22 500 kg is traveling east 5.50 m/s and collides with...

A railroad car of mass 22 500 kg is traveling east 5.50 m/s and collides with a railroad car of mass 30 000 kg traveling west 1.50 m/s. Find the velocity of the railroad cars that become coupled after the collision.

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