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Two bodies of different masses of 2kg and 4kg are moving with speed 20 `m/s` and 10 `m/s` towards each other due to mutual gravitational attraction. The speed of their centre of mass is

A

`5 ms^(-1)`

B

`6 ms^(-1)`

C

`8 ms^(-1)`

D

zero

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