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The three freight cars are rolling along the horizontal track with the velocities shown. After the impacts occur, the three cars become coupled together and move with a common velocity ν. The weights of the loaded cars A, B, and C are 130,000, 100,000, and 150,000 lb, respectively. Determine v and calculate the percentage loss n of energy of the system due to coupling.

The three freight cars are rolling along the horizontal track with the velocities shown. After the impacts occur, the three cars become coupled together and move with a common velocity ν. The weights of the loaded cars A, B, and C are 130,000, 100,000, and 150,000 lb, respectively. Determine v and calculate the percentage loss n of energy of the system due to coupling.

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The three freight cars are rolling along the horizontal track with the velocities shown. After the impacts occur, the three cars become coupled together and move with a common velocity ν . The weights of the loaded cars A, B, and C are 130 , 000 , 100 , 000 , and 150 , 000 l b , respectively. Determine v and calculate the percentage loss n of energy of the system due to coupling.

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