A 300 slug spacecraft is at rest in deep space, far from any gravity sources. Suddenly, an explosion breaks it up into two pieces. Some time later one of the pieces (100 slug) has moved 150 miles from the point of explosion. In this same time, how far would the other piece move?

A 300 slug spacecraft is at rest in deep space, far from any gravity sources. Suddenly, an explosion breaks it up into two pieces. Some time later one of the pieces (100 slug) has moved 150 miles from the point of explosion. In this same time, how far would the other piece move?

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A 300 slug spacecraft is at rest in deep space, far from any gravity sources. Suddenly, an explosion breaks it up into two pieces. Some time
later one of the pieces (100 slug) has moved 150 miles from the point of explosion. In this same time, how far would the other piece move?

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