Starting from rest, two skaters "push off" against each other on smooth level ice, where friction is negligible. One is a woman and one is a man. The woman moves away with a velocity of +2.9 m/s relative to the ice. The mass of the woman is 63 kg, and the mass of the man is 86 kg. Assuming that the speed of light is 4.3 m/s, so that the relativistic momentum must be used, find the recoil velocity of the man relative to the ice. (Hint: This problem is similar to Example 6 in Chapter 7.) Number i Units m/s

Starting from rest, two skaters "push off" against each other on smooth level ice, where friction is negligible. One is a woman and one is a man. The woman moves away with a velocity of +2.9 m/s relative to the ice. The mass of the woman is 63 kg, and the mass of the man is 86 kg. Assuming that the speed of light is 4.3 m/s, so that the relativistic momentum must be used, find the recoil velocity of the man relative to the ice. (Hint: This problem is similar to Example 6 in Chapter 7.) Number i Units m/s

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