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A 1200 kg car traveling initially with a speed of 25 m/s in an easterly direction crashes into a 9000 kg truck moving to the west at 20 m/s. The velocity of the car after collision is 15 m/s to the west. Calculate the magnitude of the speed of the truck after the collision.
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