A railroad car of mass 3.3 x 104 kg moving at 5.00 m/s collides and couples with two coupled railroad cars, each of the same mass as the single car and moving in the same direction at 1.20 m/s. (a) What is the speed of the three coupled cars after the collision? m/s (b) How much kinetic energy is lost in the collision?

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A railroad car of mass \(3.3 \times 10^4 \, \text{kg}\) moving at \(5.00 \, \text{m/s}\) collides and couples with two coupled railroad cars, each of the same mass as the single car and moving in the same direction at \(1.20 \, \text{m/s}\).

(a) What is the speed of the three coupled cars after the collision?  
[________] m/s

(b) How much kinetic energy is lost in the collision?  
[________] J

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Transcribed Image Text:A railroad car of mass \(3.3 \times 10^4 \, \text{kg}\) moving at \(5.00 \, \text{m/s}\) collides and couples with two coupled railroad cars, each of the same mass as the single car and moving in the same direction at \(1.20 \, \text{m/s}\). (a) What is the speed of the three coupled cars after the collision? [________] m/s (b) How much kinetic energy is lost in the collision? [________] J **Need Help?** [Read It]
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