In this perfectly inelastic collision the carts are moving on a frictionless surface. Cart A has a momentum of 24 kg-m/s [West]. Cart B has a momentum 10 kg-m/s. [South] What is the magnitude of their combined momentum after the collision?

In this perfectly inelastic collision the carts are moving on a frictionless surface. Cart A has a momentum of 24 kg-m/s [West]. Cart B has a momentum 10 kg-m/s. [South] What is the magnitude of their combined momentum after the collision?

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In this perfectly inelastic collision the carts are moving on a frictionless surface.
Cart A has a momentum of 24 kg-m/s [West]. Cart B has a momentum 10 kg-m/s.
[South] What is the magnitude of their combined momentum after the collision?
a) cannot be determined without knowing masses and velocities
b) 34 kg-m/s
c) 26 kg-m/s
d) 14 kg-m/s
e) 240 kg-m/s

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