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Let's try sample problem/s: 1. What is the velocity and direction of the collision if a railway train with a mass of 6,000kg is moving to the right at 2 m/s and collides with an empty freight train of mass 3,000 kg which is moving to the left on the same track at 3 m/s?

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

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ISBN:9780078807213

Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

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Chapter9: Momentum And Its Conservation

Section9.2: Conservation Of Momentum

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