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If Car A, with mass m, is moving north with a speed v, collides, Car B,...

If Car A, with mass m, is moving north with a speed v, collides, Car B, with mass 2m, is moving south with a speed 0.5v. If the cars have an inelastic collision, the final velocity of Car A is -v.

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Solution:

Given:

Car A: Mass (m1)=m

Speed(v1)=v

Car B: Mass (m2)=2m

Speed(v2)=0.5v

Now, according to conservation of Linear Momentum:

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