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Posted by mymi on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 9:52am.

Two masses, m1 = 2.0 kg and m2 = 3.3 kg, are moving in the xy-plane. The velocity of their center of mass and the velocity of mass 1 relative to mass 2 are given by the vectors vcm = (−1,+2.2) m/s and vrel = (+4.5, +1.0) m/s.
(a) Determine the total momentum of the system.

?? kg m/s

(b) Determine the momentum of mass 1.

?? kg m/s

(c) Determine the momentum of mass 2.

?? kg m/s

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