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A railway carriage of mass 10000 kg moving with a speed of 54 km/hr strikes a stationary carriage of the same mass. The two carriages get coupled and move together. Their common speed is__

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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
Giancoli
ISBN: 9780321625922

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