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A 115 kg hockey player, Adam, is skating east when he tackles a stationary 133 kg player, Bob. Afterward, they move at 1.35 m/s east. What was Adam's velocity before the collision? (Unit = m/s) ​
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A 115 kg hockey player, Adam, is skating east when he tackles a stationary 133 kg player, Bob. Afterward, they move at 1.35 m/s east. What was Adam's velocity before the collision? (Unit = m/s) ​

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The velocity east is 2.91

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2.91

User Bossylobster
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Step-by-step explanation:

Conservation of momentum

115v + 133(0) = (115 + 133)1.35

v = 2.911304...

v= 2.91 m/s east

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