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A t-shirt cannon is fired into a crowd at a baseball game. The t-shirt with mass 0.17kg is fired, and the launcher (2.7kg) recoils at 1.7 m/s. Calculate the launch velocity of the t-shirt. Answer to 2
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A t-shirt cannon is fired into a crowd at a baseball game. The t-shirt with mass 0.17kg is fired, and the launcher (2.7kg) recoils at 1.7 m/s. Calculate the launch velocity of the t-shirt. Answer to 2 decimals

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Answer:

Exactly 27 m/s

Step-by-step explanation:

P=mv

P(cannon)=2.7*1.7

P(cannon)=4.59 kg*m/s

P(cannon)=P(tshirt)

4.59=0.17*v

v=27 m/s

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