What occurs when an object travels in a curved path

Aboxcar traveling at 12 m/s approaches a string of 5 identical boxcars sitting stationary on the track. the moving boxcar collides and links with the stationary cars and they all move off together along the track. what is the final speed of the cars immediately after the collision? (you may take the mass of each boxcar to be 18,537 kg.)

Asher cycles 12 miles in 16 hours. what is his speed?

In a set amount of time, a battery supplies 25j of energy to an electric circuit that includes two different loads. one of the loads produces 10 j of heat energy during this time interval. how much heat energy is produced by the second load in this time? explain your answer