A  72kg hockey player skating due east at 7.8m/s collides head-on with an 83kg player skating due west at 5.4m/s. The players grab hold of each other and move off together with what velocity?

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Chapter39: Relativity
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Problem 39.1P: The truck in Figure P39.1 is moving at a speed of 10.0 m/s relative to the ground. The person on the...
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A  72kg hockey player skating due east at 7.8m/s collides head-on with an 83kg player skating due west at 5.4m/s. The players grab hold of each other and move off together with what velocity?

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