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Chapter 10, Problem 85GP
Two coupled boxcars are rolling along at 2.5 m/s when they collide with and couple to a third, stationary boxcar.
a. What is the final speed of the three coupled boxcars?
b. What fraction of the cars' initial kinetic energy is transformed into thermal energy?
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