A railroad car of mass 18800 kg moving at 3.85 m/s collides and couples with two coupled railroad cars, each of the same

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A railroad car of mass 18800 kg moving at 3.85 m/s collides and couples with two coupled railroad cars, each of the same

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A railroad car of mass 18800 kg moving at3.85 m/s collides and couples with two coupled railroad cars, eachof the same mass asthe single car and moving in the same direction at 2.31 m/s.
How much kinetic energy is lost in the collision?Answer in units of J.
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