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📅 NSB Regional 2016🎓 HS🔄 Round 5#️⃣ Question 21🌟 BONUS✍️ Short Answer

A model train is towing 3 rail cars full of marbles, with a total kinetic energy of 100 joules. If the locomotive detaches the rail cars, the total mass of the train is reduced by 50%. If the locomotive then suddenly doubles its speed, what will be its resulting kinetic energy, in joules?

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