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A boy of mass 60 kg and a girl of mass 40 kg are togetherand at rest on a frozen pond and push each other apart. Thegirl moves in a negative direction with a speed of 3 m/s. Whatis her momentum?

User Matt Loye
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Answer:

-120

Step-by-step explanation:

40x3 in the opposite directtion is -120

User Tobias Koller
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Given:

The mass of the boy is,


m_b=60\text{ kg}

The mass of the girl is


m_g=40\text{ kg}

The gi

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