The answer in the back of the book is pasted in the image under the question, but I get a different answer: -1.46 i + 1.75 j. Please let me know which (if any) of the two are right. Thanks, 59. Three 70-kg deer are standing on a flat 200-kg rockthat is on an ice-covered pond. A gunshot goes off andwiththe dear scatter,deerA runningat(15 m/s) i + (5.0 m/s) j ,deerBrunningat(-12 m/s) i + (8.0 m/s) j , and deer C running at(1.2 m/s) i – (18.0 m/s) j . What is the velocity of therock on which they were standing?

Initially, the rock is stationary, so the total momentum is zero. Now after the gunshot, the…

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The answer in the back of the book is pasted in the image under the question, but I get a different answer: -1.46 i + 1.75 j. Please let me know which (if any) of the two are right. Thanks,

59. Three 70-kg deer are standing on a flat 200-kg rock
that is on an ice-covered pond. A gunshot goes off and
with
the dear scatter,
deer
A running
at
(15 m/s) i + (5.0 m/s) j ,
deer
B
running
at
(-12 m/s) i + (8.0 m/s) j , and deer C running at
(1.2 m/s) i – (18.0 m/s) j . What is the velocity of the
rock on which they were standing?

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