Question: I attach an explosive device to a cart in the lab and roll it along a track at a velocity of + 2 . 3

I attach an explosive device to a cart in the lab and roll it along a track at a velocity of +2.30ms. As it rolls along the track at that speed, I trigger the device and the cart explodes, breaking it into two parts, the first with a mass of 168 g , and the second a mass of 285 g . If the second piece of the cart is moving with a velocity of +4.76ms after the explosion, what is the velocity of the first piece of the cart after the explosion?
I attach an explosive device to a cart in the lab

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