There is a 32cm tall ramp on a table that is 45cm tall.  The ramp has an incline of 42° to the horizontal.  If you place a 521kg block at the end of the ramp, and then release another block that has a mass of 782kg from rest from the top of the ramp and the ramp exerts 2.5N of friction.  The block also stick together after colliding and they fall off the table immediately after colliding.  What is the blocks speed just after colliding and how far from the table do they land?

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There is a 32cm tall ramp on a table that is 45cm tall.  The ramp has an incline of 42° to the horizontal.  If you place a 521kg block at the end of the ramp, and then release another block that has a mass of 782kg from rest from the top of the ramp and the ramp exerts 2.5N of friction.  The block also stick together after colliding and they fall off the table immediately after colliding.  What is the blocks speed just after colliding and how far from the table do they land?

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