A 1kg clay traveling at 2 m/s to the right collides with another 1 kg clay traveling 1 m/s upward. They stick to each other after the collision. Their horizontal final velocity is a. 0.5 m/s b. 2 m/s c. 1 m/s d. zero

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A 1kg clay traveling at 2 m/s to the right collides with another 1 kg clay traveling 1 m/s upward. They stick to each other after the collision. Their horizontal final velocity is

a. 0.5 m/s

b. 2 m/s

c. 1 m/s

d. zero

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