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Chapter 6, Problem 43P
A boy of mass mb and his girlfriend of mass mg, both wearing ice skates, face each other at rest while standing on a frictionless ice rink. The boy pushes the girl, giving her a velocity vg toward the east. Assume that mb > mg. (a) Describe the subsequent motion of the boy. (b) Find expressions for the final kinetic energy of the girl and the final kinetic energy of the boy, and show that the girl has greater kinetic energy than the boy. (c) The boy and girl had zero kinetic energy before the boy pushed the girl, but ended up with kinetic energy after the event. How do you account for the appearance of mechanical energy?
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