The drawing shows a collision between two pucks on an air-hockey table. Puck A has a mass of 0.0280 kg and is moving along the x axis with a velocity of +6.64 m/s. It makes a collision with puck B, which has a mass of 0.0560 kg and is initially at rest. The collision is not head-on. After the collision, the two pucks fly apart with the angles shown in the drawing. Find the speed of (a) puck A and (b) puck B.
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Do you think we might need to know the angles?