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Suppose a ball of putty moving horizontally with 1 kg·m/s of momentum collides with and sticks to an identical ball of putty moving vertically with 1 kg·m/s of momentum. what is the magnitude of their combined momentum?

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They would move in the combined direction of their momentums. The magnitude would be 2kg*m/s.
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