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A 6 kg mass traveling at speed 10 m/s strikes a stationary 6 kg mass head-on, and the two masses stick together. What was the initial total kinetic energy?

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Mass of the first object is, m1=6 kgm_1 = 6\ \text{kg}

Initial speed of the first object Speed is, 10 m/s10\ \text{m/s}

Mass of the second object is, m2=6 kgm_2 = 6\ \text{kg}

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