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A 58.72 kg person holding a steel ball stands motionless on a frozen lake.

The person then throws the ball, which propels the person at 1.05 m/s to the
right and the ball 3.75 m/s to the left. If the initial momentum of the system is
zero, what is the mass of the steel ball?

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Answer: 16.44 kg

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