A radioactive nucleus at rest decays into a second

Chapter 7, Problem 45

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A radioactive nucleus at rest decays into a second nucleus, an electron, and a neutrino. The electron and neutrino are emitted at right angles and have momenta of and respectively. Determine the magnitude and the direction of the momentum of the second (recoiling) nucleus.

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