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Tubby and his twin brother Chubby have a combined mass of 200.0 kg and are zooming along in a 100.0-kg amusement park bumper car at 10.0 m/s. They bump Melinda’s car, which is sitting still. Melinda has a mass of 25.0 kg. After the elastic collision, the twins continue ahead with a speed of 4.12 m/s. How fast is Melinda’s car bumped across the floor?

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Notice that you must add the mass of the bumper car to the mass of the riders

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