Explain why, when a stationary object explodes into two fragments of masses and that…

PHYSICS · Subjective · A Level · Physics · Mechanics and materials · Mechanics and materials

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Explain why, when a stationary object explodes into two fragments of masses mm and 2m2m that move in opposite directions along the same straight line, the fragment of mass mm must have twice the speed magnitude of the fragment of mass 2m2m.

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