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A 200 kg man is stuck, motionless, in the middle of a frictionless ice pond. Because it's cold, he's wearing a coat. He wants to get off the pond. Since he has studied physics and knows about conservation of momentum, he decides to throw his 4 kg coat. If he throws the coat at 50 m/s, what will his speed be

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The speed of the man when he throws the coat is 1 m/s.

Conversion of linear momentum

The speed of the man can be determined by applying the principle of conservation of linear momentum as follows;

m₁v₁ = m₂v₂

v₁ = (m₂v₂)/m₁

v₁ = (50 x 4)/200

v₁ = 1 m/s

Thus, the speed of the man when he throws the coat is 1 m/s.

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