A 65.8-kg person throws a 0.0406 kg snowball forward with a ground speed of 32.5 m/s. A second person, with a mass of 58.7 kg, catches the snowball. Both people are on skates. The first person is initially moving forward with a speed of 2.51 m/s, and the second person is initially at rest. (Disregard the friction between the skates and the ice.) (a) What is the speed of the thrower after the snowball is exchanged? m/s ( ± 0.02 m/s) (b) What is the speed of the catcher after the snowball is exchanged? m/s ( ± 2E-4 m/s) Note that we are asking for the ``speed'' of the thrower and catcher. This means the magnitudes of their velocities. That is why the answers are positive.

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A 65.8-kg person throws a 0.0406 kg snowball forward with a ground speed of 32.5 m/s. A second person, with a mass of 58.7 kg, catches the snowball. Both people are on skates. The first person is initially moving forward with a speed of 2.51 m/s, and the second person is initially at rest. (Disregard the friction between the skates and the ice.)

(a)
What is the speed of the thrower after the snowball is exchanged?
 m/s ( ± 0.02 m/s)
(b)
What is the speed of the catcher after the snowball is exchanged?
 m/s ( ± 2E-4 m/s)

Note that we are asking for the ``speed'' of the thrower and catcher. This means the magnitudes of their velocities. That is why the answers are positive.

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