A 115kg rugby player is initially running at 5.5 m/s in the + direction, but collides with a goalpost and experiences a backward force of 1.71 × 10^4 N for 5.25 × 10^-2 s. what is the final \velocity of the rugby player in the horizontal direction

A 115kg rugby player is initially running at 5.5 m/s in the + direction, but collides with a goalpost and experiences a backward force of 1.71 × 10^4 N for 5.25 × 10^-2 s. what is the final \velocity of the rugby player in the horizontal direction

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A 115kg rugby player is initially running at 5.5 m/s in the + direction, but collides with a goalpost and experiences a backward force of 1.71 × 10^4 N for 5.25 × 10^-2 s.

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