Essential University Physics
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Chapter 9, Problem 48P
A firecracker, initially at rest, explodes into two fragments. The first, of mass 14 g, moves in the +x-direction at 48 m/s. The second moves at 32 m/s. Find the second fragment’s mass and the direction of its motion.
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