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a 60 kg boy and a 40 kg girl at rest push off one another on some roller skates. if the speed of the guy is 5 m/s what is the speed of the female?

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since you need to conserve momentum,
the boy has 3/2 the mass, so the girl has 3/2 the velocity

what does that mean

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