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A 3-kg blob of putty moving at 10 m/s10 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s} hits a 2kg2-\mathrm{kg} blob of putty at rest. Calculate the speed of the stuck-together blobs of putty immediately after the collision.

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According to the momentum conservation principle, the conservation of momentum before and after the collision will be same. In this problem, we have to determine the speed after the collision so we will use the formula.

mvbefore=mvaftermv_{before}=mv_{after}

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