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A 15kg boulder is going 55 m/s West when it collides with an 8kg bolder going 3 m/s East. They smash together inelasticly. Ignoring friction and heat losses what is their combined velocity after the smash
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A 15kg boulder is going 55 m/s West when it collides with an 8kg bolder going 3 m/s East. They smash together inelasticly. Ignoring friction and heat losses what is their combined velocity after the smash up?

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−34.83 m/s

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