What direction and at what speed does the wreckage move

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Two automobiles, each of mass 1000 kg, are moving at the same speed, 20 m/s, when they collide and stick together. In what direction and at what speed does the wreckage move a) if one car was driving north and one south? b) if one car was driving north and one east?

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