Suppose that two football players are running straight at each other from opposite directions. Player 1 has a mass of 80 kg and a velocity of 2.2 m/s. Player 2 has a mass of 100 kg. How fast must Player 2 be running in order for the final momentum of the system to be 0 Newtons-seconds? This will be an inelastic collision (i.e. the two players collide and end up in a big tangled hug!)

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Suppose that two football players are running straight at each other from opposite directions. Player 1 has a mass of 80 kg and a velocity of 2.2 m/s. Player 2 has a mass of 100 kg. How fast must Player 2 be running in order for the final momentum of the system to be 0 Newtons-seconds? This will be an inelastic collision (i.e. the two players collide and end up in a big tangled hug!) 

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