Suppose that for the couple in the figure below, you were told that the girl's mass was one-half that of the boy's mass. The boy has a velocity of v = 0.61 m/s to the left. What would be the girl's velocity in this case?

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Suppose that for the couple in the figure below, you were told that the girl's mass was one-half that of the boy's mass. The boy has a velocity of v = 0.61 m/s to the left. What would be the girl's velocity in this case? (Consider the ice to be frictionless. Enter the magnitude only.)

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