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    How is kinetic energy distributed in an explosion with unequal masses?

    Ok, no big, just making sure that I didn't miss something.
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    How is kinetic energy distributed in an explosion with unequal masses?

    Alright, I think I see what you're saying...but the number 7800 seems to have come out of nowhere. Either you mean 7300N because that's what the problem says, or I will need help on how you found that number...
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    How is kinetic energy distributed in an explosion with unequal masses?

    No, i did not realize that. How did you get that?
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    How is kinetic energy distributed in an explosion with unequal masses?

    Yes I did, but it doesn't remind me of anything...all I know about them is that one has a mass of 1.5 m, and the other's mass is m. I guess you could say it looks sort of like a Free Body Diagram?
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    How is kinetic energy distributed in an explosion with unequal masses?

    Well the only law I know of for Kinetic Energy would be KE=1/2 m(v^2) and that Initial KE = final KE...but I don't know how to use either of those in this situation because I have nothing for velocity, and I'm not even sure if that is relevant.
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    How is kinetic energy distributed in an explosion with unequal masses?

    Homework Statement An explosion breaks an object into two pieces, one of which has 1.5 times the mass of the other. If 7300 J were released in the explosion, how much kinetic energy did each piece acquire? Homework Equations Po = PThe Attempt at a Solution I don't even know how to start this...