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Mapd In a very busy off-campus eate one chef sends a 203 g broccoli tomato pickle.onion-mushroom pizza sliding down the counter from left to right at 1.53 m/s. Almost simultaneously, the other cheflaunches a er-on-a-bun (with e but hold the horseradish) along the same counter from nght to left at 2.41 m/s. The two delicacies on at the given s the counter is practically friction-free due to accumulated grease-and merge into a single, unbelievably savory serving. In what direction does the dish moves at all? To the left O Doesn't move O To the right, At what speed does it move? Enter a positive number. Number m/s

Explanation / Answer

By conservation of momentum,

m1v1i + m2v2i = (m1 + m2)v

as they stick together.

Thus, treating the right direction as positive, plugging in our values and solving for v,

v = -0.829 m/s

Thus:

PART A:

To the left, as v is negative. [ANSWER]

PART B:

0.829 m/s   [ANSWER]

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