Question

A 85kg basketball player is attempting to draw a charge and stands at rest as an opposing player with a mass of 100kg runs Into him with an

unknown velocity. If after the collision the two are moving together at 6m/s east, how fast was the opposing player going when they ran into
each other?
m/s
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Answer 1

11.1 m/s

Step-by-step explanation:

initial momentum = final momentum

let the unknown velocity be v

100 x v = 185 x 6

v = 185 x 6 / 100

v = 11.1 m/s