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A 5000 kg final stage of a spaceship ejects the 10000 kg second stage. Before ejection,
the two stages travel with a velocity of 180 m/s. If, after ejection, the second stage
travels at 50 m/s opposite the direction of its initial motion, what is the speed of the
final stage?
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