Recoil of astronaut pushing a tool

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An astronaut stranded in space throws a 0.70kg tool backwards at -12.0m/s in order to return to her spaceship. If she and her spacesuit together have a total mass of 90kg, how fast and in what direction is she moving after throwing the tool?

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Et=Et

I'm not sure what to use. It has to be one that uses mass and velocity, I am just not sure.
 
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Look at conservation of momentum.
 


Got it, thanks. All I ususally need is something to jumpstart my brain.
 

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