The drawing shows a collision between two pucks on an air-hockey table. Puck A has a...

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The drawing shows a collision between two pucks on an air-hockeytable. Puck A has a mass of 0.22 kg and is moving along the x axiswith a velocity of 5.80 m/s. It makes a collision with puck B,which has a mass of 0.44 kg and is initially at rest. After thecollision, the two pucks fly apart with angles as shown in thedrawing (? = 66° and ? = 32°). Find the final speed of puck A.

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SOLUTIONBased on the followingfigureApplying conservation oflinear momentum    See Answer
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