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Posted by Jan on Monday, January 28, 2013 at 3:58pm.

A 1000-kg car moving east at 80 km/h collides head-on with a 1500-kg car moving west at km/h, and the two cars stick together. (a) Which way does the wreckage move and with what initial speed? (b) How much KE is lost in the collision?

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