Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 9 - Linear Momentum and Collisions - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 290: 25

Answer

$14m$

Work Step by Step

In the given scenario $p_a+p_s=0$ $\implies m_av_a+m_sv_s=0$ This can be rearranged as: $v_a=-\frac{m_sv_s}{m_a}$ We know that $d=v_{a}t$ $\implies d=(-\frac{m_sv_s}{m_a})t$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $d=-[\frac{(-1200)(-0.14)}{92}](7.5)$ $d=14m$
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