Question

Two basketball players collide. Player 1, with a mass of 55.0 kg, experience a -15.6 m/s2 acceleration. If player 2 has a mass of 48.5 kg, what acceleration did he experience immediately following the collision?

Answer 1

p1 exerts the same force on p2 that p2 exerts on p1

f = m a ... m1 a1 = m2 a2