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Chapter 3, Problem 57TAS
A 5-kg fish swimming at 1 m/s swallows an absent-minded 1-kg fish swimming toward it at a velocity that brings both fish to a halt. Show that the speed of the smaller fish before lunch was 5 m/s.
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