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11. Momentum & Impulse - Part 1 of 3
11. Momentum & Impulse / Push-Away Problems / Problem 10

A satellite with a mass of 5.0 × 106 kg is moving at a speed of 2.5 × 106 m/s. Due to a major technical issue, the satellite explodes into 3 fragments. One of the fragments with a mass of 7.5 × 105 kg continues forward at a speed of 1.5 × 106 m/s. The second fragment moves in the backward direction at a speed of 0.5 × 106 m/s. Find the speed and direction in which the third fragment moves, if the mass of the second fragment is 6.0 × 105 kg.

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