A sandbag in outer space moves at 3 m/s and collides and sticks to a half-as-massive sandbag initially at rest. Compared with the kinetic energy of the moving bag before collision, the kinetic energy of the coupled bags after collision is

A) one-third.
B) two-thirds.
C) three-quarters.
D) not enough information given


B

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