Two masses undergo a front-to-back collision

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Two masses undergo a front-to-back collision. The mass m has aninitial velocity 2v0, and the mass 2m has an initial velocity v0.After the collision, they stick together, forming a compound system. What is the final kinetic energy of the compound system?When the initial kinetic energy is 3mv0^2.

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