Cosmonaut Andrei, your co-worker at the International SpaceStation, tosses a ban

Question

Cosmonaut Andrei, your co-worker at the International SpaceStation, tosses a banana at you at a speed of 16 m/s. At exactly the same instant, you fling a scoopof ice cream at Andrei along exactly the same path. The collisionbetween banana and ice cream produces a banana split 7.5 m from your location 1.3s after the banana and ice cream were launched. (a) How fast did you toss the ice cream?
1 m/s

(b) How far were you from Andrei when you tossed the ice cream?
2 m (a) How fast did you toss the ice cream?
1 m/s

(b) How far were you from Andrei when you tossed the ice cream?
2 m

Explanation / Answer

1) d = ut
6.7 = ux 1.2
u = 5.58 m/s

2) dtot =6.7 + 12x1.5   =24.7 m

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