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Given information
We are given that:
The first car's mass, .
The first car's speed,
After collision ,common speed of the cars,
Step-by-step explanation
Step 1.
Two cars stick together after collision, hence this is the case of inelastic collision and since no external force is involved, so the momentum of the system is remain conserved.
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Following a collision, the cars stay together and travel at the same speed .
Simplify the expression for , we get.
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