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A toy locomotive of mass 420g moving at 30cm s^-1 south collides with a carriage of mass 200g moving at 30cm s^-1 north. If they become couple together, what is their common velocity after the collision?

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just preserve momentum:

(420)(-30) + (200)(30) = (420+200)(v)

v = -10.65
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