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A railroad car of mass 3.10 ✕ 10^4 kg moving at 3.50 m/scollides and couples with two coupled railroad cars, each of thesame mass as the single car and moving in the same direction at1.20 m/s.

(a) What is the speed of the three coupled cars after thecollision?

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(b) How much kinetic energy is lost in the collision?

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