This time, your mass is 86.5 kg and the sled s mass is 15.6 kg. You re on the sled, initially moving to the west at 6.31 cm/s. From the southern shore, your friend throws a baseball of mass 0.133 kg, which you catch as it s traveling northward with a horizontal velocity component of 23.1 m/s. What will be the sled s (and your) speed after catching the ball?     6.98 cm/s     3.55 cm/s     19.5 cm/s     2.79 cm/

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  1. This time, your mass is 86.5 kg and the sled s mass is 15.6 kg. You re on the sled, initially moving to the west at 6.31 cm/s. From the southern shore, your friend throws a baseball of mass 0.133 kg, which you catch as it s traveling northward with a horizontal velocity component of 23.1 m/s. What will be the sled s (and your) speed after catching the ball?
       
    6.98 cm/s
       
    3.55 cm/s
       
    19.5 cm/s
       
    2.79 cm/s
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