A curling player with a mass of 50kg, slides at 2m/s due East on a frictionless ice rink while holding onto a 10kg curling stone The curler then launches the stone along the ice due North at a speed of 3m/s. a. What is the velocity of the curler (magnitude and direction) after releasing the stone? b. What happens to Kinetic Energy (of the system) during this event? Explain.

A curling player with a mass of 50kg, slides at 2m/s due East on a frictionless ice rink while holding onto a 10kg curling stone The curler then launches the stone along the ice due North at a speed of 3m/s. a. What is the velocity of the curler (magnitude and direction) after releasing the stone? b. What happens to Kinetic Energy (of the system) during this event? Explain.