Three particles break off after an explosion

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The discussion revolves around a physics problem involving an explosion that breaks a 20 kg object into three pieces, with two pieces' masses and velocities provided. The first piece (5 kg) moves NW at 30 m/s, and the second piece (4 kg) moves SE at 25 m/s, while the third piece's mass is 11 kg. Momentum conservation is applied to find the x and y components of the third piece's velocity, resulting in Px = 98.692 and Py = -39.32. The change in kinetic energy post-explosion is also a point of interest, emphasizing the importance of energy conservation in the analysis. The discussion highlights the application of momentum and kinetic energy equations to solve for unknown variables in explosive scenarios.
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Homework Statement


An object with total mass mtotal = 20 kg is sitting at rest when it explodes into three pieces.
The first piece with mass m1 = 5 kg moves NW at an angle of θ1 = 20° above the –x axis with a speed of v1 = 30 m/s.
A second piece with mass m2 = 4 kg moves SE at an angle of θ2 = 25° to the right of the -y axis at a speed of v2 = 25 m/s.
The mass of the third piece is 11kg.
What is the x-component and y component of the velocities of the third piece?
What is the change in kinetic energies of the pieces after the collision.
Note that momentum is conserved and Pf=0.


Homework Equations



p=mv
pi=pf=0
KE=0.5*m*v^2
KE=0.5*p^2/m

The Attempt at a Solution



In x direction--> calculating the momentum
m1v1cos20=m2v2sin25+Px where Px is the momentum of the third particle in x direction
5*30*cos20=4*25*sin25+Px
Px=98.692

In x direction--> calculating the momentum
m1v1sin20=m2v2cos25+Py where Py is the momentum of the third particle in x direction
5*30*sin20=4*25*cos25+Px
Py=-39.32
 
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