an object (A) of mass ma=17.0 kg is moving due east with a speed vA= 8.15 m/s, while the object (B)of mass mB=29.5 kg is moving in a direction that makes an angle 42 degrees north of east with a speed vB=5.10m/s. The two objects collide and stick together in a completely inelastic collision. Find the magnitude of the final velocity of the two-object system after the collision

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an object (A) of mass ma=17.0 kg is moving due east with a speed vA= 8.15 m/s, while the object (B)of mass mB=29.5 kg is moving in a direction that makes an angle 42 degrees north of east with a speed vB=5.10m/s. The two objects collide and stick together in a completely inelastic collision. Find the magnitude of the final velocity of the two-object system after the collision. 

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