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Thank you for both of your replies! Here is the problem, as "Rome_Leader," noted in my calculations I only used one of the masses. Since the correct answer for this question is,"no, not a single bone breaks," then in my calculations I should yield a total force that is less than 3867 N, I only...

I'm trying to understand the concept of the following situation: A 75.0-kg ice skater moving at 10.5 m/s crashes into a stationary skater of equal mass. After the collision, the two skaters move as a unit at 5.25 m/s. Suppose the average force a skater can experience without breaking a bone is...