0.5 kg fish swimming at 0.8 m/s to the right wallows an absentminded 0.5 kg fish swimming oward (to the left) it at a velocity of 0.2 m/s. What was the speed of the combined fish system after he "collision"? [Hint: you need to apply conservation of momentum but be careful of the

0.5 kg fish swimming at 0.8 m/s to the right wallows an absentminded 0.5 kg fish swimming oward (to the left) it at a velocity of 0.2 m/s. What was the speed of the combined fish system after he "collision"? [Hint: you need to apply conservation of momentum but be careful of the

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Chapter10: Systems Of Particles And Conservation Of Momentum

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A 0.5 kg fish swimming at 0.8 m/s to the right
swallows an absentminded 0.5 kg fish swimming
toward (to the left) it at a velocity of 0.2 m/s. What
was the speed of the combined fish system after
the "collision"? [Hint: you need to apply
conservation of momentum but be careful of the
sign of the velocities (and thus momentum)]
m/s
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