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Iceclover
Dec3-06, 05:29 PM
1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data
Two students on roller skates stand face-to-face the push eachother away. One student has a mass of 90kg the other 60kg. Find the ratio of their velocities just after their hands lose contact. Which student has the greater speed

PSOA
Dec3-06, 05:31 PM
Hint-Does conservation of linear momentum tell you something? :)

Hootenanny
Dec3-06, 05:31 PM
HINT: Conservation of momentum.

Edit: Damn it too slow!

Iceclover
Dec3-06, 05:34 PM
huh? i don't get it

PSOA
Dec3-06, 05:37 PM
You don't know what the linear momentum is?

PS- Sorry, Hootenanny :approve: .