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EXERCISE 19

A comet with mass 500 tons strikes a minor planet with mass 5 billion tons,
at a speed of 25 kilometers per second, and embeds itself into the planet's
surface.  Before the comet struck, the minor planet's velocity is zero.
What is its velocity after the impact, in meters per second?