Question

2. (30 pts) (based on Ohanian 11.41 homework problem) A woman of mass Mw and a man of mass MM face each other on a frictionless ice po standing still a distance L apart. The woman holds a ball of mass MB. Answer the following questions from our "lab' frame of reference, the perspective of someone at rest on the pond using an origin at the initial position of the woman and an x axis with positive x pointing towards the man. All the velocities below are measured with respect to this frame A. Where is the center of mass of this system? nd, If the woman throws the ball horizontally to the man with a speed vB, with what speed, vw, will she slide backwards? B. C. How fast, vM, will the man slide backwards when he catches the ball? to the man?

Answer 1

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