A 1200 kg car traveling North at 20.0 m/s collides with a 1400 kg car traveling South at 22.0 m/s. The two cars collide and entangle (got stuck together). What is the resulting velocity of the wreckage (final velocity of the stuck cars)?

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A 1200 kg car traveling North at 20.0 m/s collides with a 1400 kg car traveling South at 22.0 m/s. The two cars collide and entangle (got stuck together). What is the resulting velocity of the wreckage (final
velocity of the stuck cars)?

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