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A 750-g disk sliding along frictionless ice with a speed of 8.5 m/s strikes a stationary rod-disk combo 12-cm from its center-of-mass. This rod-disk combo is made from a 360-g rod that is 35-cm long, with 2 150-g solid disks of radius 7.0-cm attached, one on each end of the rod. After the perfectly elastic collision, the disk moves off along a path that is 28º above its original path, while the rod-disk combo spins about its center-of-mass as it moves off at an angle as well. Using this information, find the translational speed of both objects after the collision, the angular speed of the rod-disk combo, and the angle of its trajectory.