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Two objects, one of mass 3 kg and moving with speed of 2 m/s and the other of mass 5 kg and speed 2 m/s, move toward each other and collide head-on. If the collision is perfectly inelastic, find the speed of the object after the collision.

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0.25m/s
0.5m/s
0.75m/s
1m/s

Solution :By DEFINITION of perfectly inelastic, the object MOVE off together with ONE common velocity, v', after the collision. By conservation of linear momentum.
`m_(1)v_(1)+m_(2)v_(2)=(m_(1)+m_(2))v'`
`v'=(m_(1)v_(1)+m_(2)v_(2))/(m_(1)+m_(2))`
`=((3KG)(2m//s)+(5kg)(-2m//s))/(3kg+5kg)`
`=-0.5m//s`.


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