A 320.-kg reindeer stands in the middle of the railroad tracks, frozen by the lights of an oncoming 10,000.-kg train that is

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A 320.-kg reindeer stands in the middle of the railroad tracks, frozen by the lights of an oncoming 10,000.-kg train that is traveling at 10.0 m/s. The engineer sees the reindeer but is unable to stop the train in time and the reindeer rides down the track sitting on the cowcatcher. What is the new combined velocity of the reindeer and train?

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