A 20 g wad of clay is launched at a 0.50 kg block of wood precariously balanced on the edge of a table whose height above the ground is 60 cm. The clay sticks to the block, and the two fall to the floor landing 30 cm away from the edge of the table. What was the initial speed of the clay blob

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A 20 g wad of clay is launched at a 0.50 kg block of wood precariously balanced on the edge of a
table whose height above the ground is 60 cm. The clay sticks to the block, and the two fall to the floor
landing 30 cm away from the edge of the table. What was the initial speed of the clay blob? 

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