Posted by Mary Grace on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 8:25am.
Use conservation of momentum:
m1*v1 = m2*v2
Where m1 and v1 are the mass and speed of the initial system, m2 and v2 are the mass and speed of the final system
10*v1 = (10+3990)*50
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