A 3kg mass is traveling south at 15 m/s when it experiences a perfectly inelastic collision with a 2 kg mass that was headed east at 17 m/s. What is is final velocity of the two masses along with the magnitude and direction of both.

A 3kg mass is traveling south at 15 m/s when it experiences a perfectly inelastic collision with a 2 kg mass that was headed east at 17 m/s. What is is final velocity of the two masses along with the magnitude and direction of both.

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Chapter8: Momentum And Collisions

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