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One object is traveling northeast with a momentum of 12 kg-m/s, while a second object is traveling southwest on the same path as the first object with a momentum of 4 kg-m/s. When the two objects collide, they stick together. What is the momentum after their collision?(1 point)
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8 kg-m/s northeast
8 kg-m/s northeast

16 kg-m/s northeast
16 kg-m/s northeast

16 kg-m/s southwest
16 kg-m/s southwest

8 kg-m/s southwest
8 kg-m/s southwest
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
8 kg·m/s northeast

Because momentum is a vector, subtract the opposite vectors: 12 (northeast) − 4 (southwest) = 8 kg·m/s toward the northeast.