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A helicopter flies at a speed of 990 km/hr eastwards. The pilot fires a missile westwards out of a gun barrel at a speed of 2520 km/hr. The respective masses of the helicopter and the missile are 5t and 50kg. Calculate the new velocity of the helicopter immediately after the missile had been fired.