What is the speed of the two cars after the collision

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Compute all parts of given problem:

Problem: In the railroad freight yard, empty freight cars of mass m rolls along a straight level track at 1.30 m/s and collide with an initially stationary, fully loaded boxcar of mass 3.74m. The two cars couple together on collision.

Part A: What is the speed of the two cars after the collision?

Part B: Suppose instead that the two cars are at rest after the collision, with what speed was the loaded boxcar moving before the collision if the empty one was moving at 1.30 m/s?

I need help to determine the speed of the two cars after the collision.

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