Question

A 71 kg skater and a 59 kg skater stand at rest on frictionless ice. They push off, and the 71 kg skater moves at 2.5 m/s in the + x-direction.
What's the other's velocity?
momentum is conserved

71 * 2.5 = 59 * v

the direction is negative x

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