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Momemtum: 2D Perfectly Inelastic Collision

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A 1.386 kg bird is flying at a speed of 3.41 m/s at a heading of 23o N of E. It is grabbed by a 25.71 kg predator flying at a speed of 35.23 m/s at a heading of 60.87o N of E. What is the speed of the predator & prey together immediately after the capture?

m/s?

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