FUND.OF PHYSICS (LL)
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Chapter 7, Problem 5P
A father racing his son has half the kinetic energy of the son, who has half the mass of the father. The father speeds up by 1.0 m/s and then has the same kinetic energy as the son. What are the original speeds of (a) the father and (b) the son?
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