A 4.5 kg block sliding along a horizontal frictionless surface at a speed of strikes…

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Problem

A 4.5 kg block sliding along a horizontal frictionless surface at a speed of 4.0 ms−14.0 \text{ ms}^{-1} strikes and sticks to a stationary block of mass 1.5 kg. Use the principle of conservation of momentum to calculate the speed at which the two stuck-together blocks move.

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