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 293: 68

Answer

$6.73\times 10^{-21}ft$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required distance as follows: $x_{cm}=\frac{m_1x_1+m_2x_2}{m_1+m_2}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $0 ft=\frac{(72.5Kg)(555ft)+(5.97\times 10^{24}Kg)x_2}{72.5Kkg+5.97\times 10^{24}Kg}$ $x_2=6.73\times 10^{-21}ft$
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