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A man holding a rock sits on a sled that is sliding across afrozen lake (negligible friction) with a speed of 0.490 m/s. Thetotal mass of the sled, man, and rock is 95.0 kg. The mass of therock is 0.260 kg and the man can throw it with a speed of 16.0 m/s.Both speeds are relative to the ground.

Determine the speed of the sled (in m/s) if the man throws therock forward (i.e., in the direction the sled is moving).

_______m/s

Determine the speed of the sled (in m/s) if the man throws therock directly backward.

_______m/s

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a Determine the speed of the sled in ms if the man throwsthe rock directly forwardusing conservation of momentum we havepbefore paftermtotal    See Answer
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