Please show all work step by step. Three ice skaters meet at the center of a rink and each stands at rest facing the center, within arm's reach of the other two. On a signal, each skater pushes himself away from the othertwo across the frictionless ice. After the push, skater A with mass max-direction at 2.00 m/s. Find the x- and y-components of the 90.0 kg skater C's velocity (in m/s) after the push.= 75.0 kg moves in the negative= 70.0 kg moves in the negative y-direction at 3.00 m/s and skater B with mass mBHINTm/s%3Dm/s%3DNeed Help?Watch ItRead It

Apply the conservation of momentum along x-direction. mAvAx + mBvBx = mCvCx 70*0 + 75*4 = 90*vCx…

Three ice skaters meet at the center of a rink and each stands at rest facing the center, within arm's reach of the other two. On a signal, each skater pushes himself away from the other two across the frictionless ice. After the push, skater A with mass m, = 70.0 kg moves in the negative y-direction at 3.00 m/s and skater B with mass ma = 75.0 kg moves in the negative x-direction at 2.00 m/s. Find the x- and y-components of the 90.0 kg skater C's velocity (in m/s) after the push. HINT m/s m/s

Three ice skaters meet at the center of a rink and each stands at rest facing the center, within arm's reach of the other two. On a signal, each skater pushes himself away from the other two across the frictionless ice. After the push, skater A with mass m, = 70.0 kg moves in the negative y-direction at 3.00 m/s and skater B with mass ma = 75.0 kg moves in the negative x-direction at 2.00 m/s. Find the x- and y-components of the 90.0 kg skater C's velocity (in m/s) after the push. HINT m/s m/s

College Physics

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ISBN:9781305952300

Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

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Chapter6: Momentum, Impulse, And Collisions

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 34P: A 75.0-kg ice skater moving at 10.0 m/s crashes into a stationary skater of equal mass. After the...

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