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A motorbike is travelling along a flat highway west to east with a constant velocity of 2 2 m / / s . .

A motorbike is travelling along a flat highway west to east with a constant velocity of 22m//s..  An HGV is travelling along the same highway, in the opposite direction with a constant velocity of 12 m//s..  
 
a.. If the vehicles collide, become entangled and continue together calculate their velocity after the collision.
b. The mass of the motorbike is 5656 kg,, and the HGV is 1250 kg. What is the change in kinetic energy of the system?  

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