Question

A 65kg person throw a 0.045kg snowball forward with a ground speed of 30m/s. A second person, with a mass of 60kg, catches the snowball. Both people on the skate. the first person is initially moving forward with speed of 2.5m/s, and the second person is initially at rest. what are the volocities of the two people after the snowball is exchanged? disregard friction between the skates and the ice

Answer 1

Well, st first we should find initial momentum for the first person represented in the task which definitely must be :

`(65+0.045)*2.5`
And then we find the final one :
`65*x + 0.045*30`
Then equate them together :
`x=2.48 m/s`
So we can get the velocity, which is
`is 2.48 m/s`
In that way, according to the main rules of conservation of momentum you can easily find the solution for the second person.
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