A young child is standing on a stationary skateboard. The child and the skateboard together has a mass of 40 kg. A friend throws a medicine ball to the child who catches it. If the medicine ball has a mass of 10 kg and was moving at 5 m/s when the child catches it, what is their combined speed after the catch?

Given Data: Mass of child and skateboard is M = 40 kg. Initially child and skateboard are at rest…

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Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics

10th Edition

ISBN:9781337553292

Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

Chapter9: Linear Momentum And Collisions

Section9.1: Linear Momentum

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A young child is standing on a stationary skateboard. The child and the skateboard together has a mass of 40 kg. A friend throws a medicine ball to the child who catches it. If the medicine ball has a mass of 10 kg and was moving at 5 m/s when the child catches it, what is their combined speed after the catch?

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