Two students stand at rest, facing each other on frictionless skates. They then

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Two students stand at rest, facing each other on frictionless skates. They then start tossing a heavy ball back and forth between them.

Describe their subsequent motion. Drag the terms on the left to the appropriate blanks an the right to complete the sentences. Suppose the students always throw the ball with the same horizontal component of velocity. Each time a student throws the ball to his friend, he gains momentum in the direction. Also, each time a student catches the ball, he gains momentum in the , also his friend. So the students will throw a ball until they ___________ . same are too far from each other opposite clash with each other direction of the ball motion away from to direction opposite to the ball motion

Explanation / Answer

opposite

direction of ball motion , away from

are too far from each other

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