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A 2.0-kg mass moving at 5.0 m/s suddenly collides head-on

Last updated: 7/30/2022

A 2.0-kg mass moving at 5.0 m/s suddenly collides head-on

A 2.0-kg mass moving at 5.0 m/s suddenly collides head-on with a 3.0-kg mass at rest. If the collision is perfectly inelastic, what is the speed of the masses just after the collision? Is the kinetic energy conserved?