A 1.0kg cart moving right at 5.0m/s on a frictionless track collides with a second cart moving right at 2.0m/s. The 1.0kg cart has a final speed of 0.50m/s to the right, and the second cart has a final speed of 2.3m/s to the right. What is the mass of the second cart? kg

A 1.0kg cart moving right at 5.0m/s on a frictionless track collides with a second cart moving right at 2.0m/s. The 1.0kg cart has a final speed of 0.50m/s to the right, and the second cart has a final speed of 2.3m/s to the right. What is the mass of the second cart? kg

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A 1.0kg cart moving right at 5.0m/s on a frictionless track
collides with a second cart moving right at 2.0m/s. The 1.0kg
cart has a final speed of 0.50m/s to the right, and the second
cart has a final speed of 2.3m/s to the right.
What is the mass of the second cart?
kg
Consider rightward as the positive direction.

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