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A railroad car with a mass of 1.94 ✕ 104 kg moving at 3.28 m/s joins with two railroad cars already joined together, each with the same mass as the single car and initially moving in the same direction at 1.02 m/s. what is the velocity after the collision and the total kinetic energy lost?

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the total cost is going to be 536 kg
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