Aldo and his brother Pablo have gone to skate to a frozen lagoon. At one point...

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Aldo and his brother Pablo have gone to skate to a frozenlagoon. At one point he stops to open his lunch, when he observesthat Pablo is approaching directly towards him with a speed V0.Before the impact, Aldo throws his brother the lunch package in thehorizontal direction which is caught by Pablo in the air. If bothbrothers have the same mass M and the mass of the package is m,calculate the minimum value of how quickly Aldo should throw thepackage so that his brother Pablo does not clash with him.

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For Pablo to not clash with Aldo the velocity of Pablo withrespect to Aldo should be zeroIf Aldo throws the package horizontally towards Pablo with speed the horizontal velocity of the package remains unchanged uptothe time it is caught by Pablo because there is no force on thepackage in the    See Answer
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