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    Finding the Velocity of the Final Chunk in an Exploding Hockey Puck Scenario

    Homework Statement A hockey puck of mass 4m has been rigged to explode as part of a practical joke. Initially the puck is at rest on a frictionless ice rink. Then it bursts into three pieces. One chunk of mass m slides across the ice at speed v. Another chunk of mass 2m slides across the ice...