Two blocks on a frictionless horizontal surface are on a collision course.One block with mass 0.25...

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Two blocks on a frictionless horizontal surface are on acollision course.One block with mass 0.25 kg moves at 1 m/s to theright collides with a 0.5 kg mass at rest and the two masses sticktogether. What is the final speed of the blocks after thecollision?

          a) -0.33m/s

          b) +0.33m/s

          c) 3.27m/s

          d) 0.67m/s

          e) 0.25m/s

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