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Ed and Annie are ice skating. Ed (55 kg) and Annie (40kg) both wearing skates face each other at rest on a skating rink. Ed pushes Annie sending her eastward with a speed of 4.5m/s. Neglecting friction and air resistance determine the subsequent velocity of Ed. Clearly justify your method of solution (state the principle of physics you are using etc)

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momentum before = 0
so
55 Ved + 40 *4.5 = 0 conservation of momentum