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Chapter 9 Problem 68

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A spaceship of mass 2.0 x I 06 kg is cruising at a speed of5.0 x I 06 mis when the antimatter reactor fails, blowing the shipinto three pieces. One section, having a mass of 5.0 x 105 kg,is blown straight backward with a speed of 2.0 X I 06 mis. Asecond piece, with mass 8.0 X I 05 kg, continues frnward at1.0 X l 06 mis. What are the direction and speed of the third piece?

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Title College Physics: A Strategic Approach 3 
Author Randall D. Knight (Professor Emeritus), Brian Jones Stuart Field
ISBN 9780321879721

Solved: A spaceship of mass 2.0 x I 06 kg is cruising at a speed of5.0 x I 06 mis when

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