Momentum and Newton's Laws of Motion
 

Momentum and Newton's Laws of Motion problem 54


A skater, standing on skates, throws a heavy medicine bag of mass in the horizontal direction at a speed of relative to the ground. The mass of the skater is .

  • What is the speed of the skater immediately after throwing the bag?

  • What is the coefficient of friction between the skates and the ground if the skater moved a distance of after the throw?


 

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