Two pucks are sliding on a frictionless tabletop. Block A (mass 3.06 kg) is moving to the East (+x direction) at 2.70 m/s. Block B (mass 3.67 kg) is moving to the North (+y direction) at 3.24 m/s. Assume the system to be both Block A and Block B. (Note: It could be useful to make a drawing of the situation.)    a.)What is the x-component of the total momentum of the system before the collision? b.)What is the x-component of the total momentum of the system after the collision?

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Two pucks are sliding on a frictionless tabletop. Block A (mass 3.06 kg) is moving to the East (+x direction) at 2.70 m/s. Block B (mass 3.67 kg) is moving to the North (+y direction) at 3.24 m/s. Assume the system to be both Block A and Block B. (Note: It could be useful to make a drawing of the situation.) 

 

a.)What is the x-component of the total momentum of the system before the collision?

b.)What is the x-component of the total momentum of the system after the collision?

 

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