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Posted by PLEASE PHYSICS HELP on Friday, October 21, 2011 at 11:34pm.

2.6 kg mass
initial velocity of v1 =aǎ,
where a = 5.95 m/s collides with and
sticks to a 1.59 kg mass with an initial velocity
of v1 = bà, where b = −4.8 m/s.
Find the final speed of the composite mass.
Answer in units of m/s

PHYSICS - Steve, Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 12:26pm
Some of the text got garbled, but remember that the momentum of the center of mass for the system stays unchanged.

do a web search for inelastic collisions and you'll find several examples.

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