Answer to Question #330114 in Mechanics | Relativity for Jane

Question

You are standing on a sheet of ice on a skating rink and your mass is 68.00 kg. Your 70.0 kg friend throws you a 0.450 kg ball that is travelling horizontally at 9.00 m/s. (a) If you catch the ball, with what speed do you and the ball move afterward? (b) If the ball hits you and bounces of your chest that it moves 7.50 m/s horizontally in the opposite direction, what is your speed after the collision?

Answer 1

a) 0.3 m/s

b) 0.2 m/s