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A 78.5kg ice hockey goalie, originally at rest, catches a 0.120kg hockey puck slapped at him at a velocity of 36 m/s. Suppose the goalie and the ice puck have an elastic collision and the puck is reflected back in the direction it came.
a) What would the final velocity of the puck be in this case? Be careful with the sign!
b) What would the final velocity of the goalie be in this case?
the answers are,
(a) the finla velocity of puck be - 35.88 m/s
( b) the final velocity of thr goalie be 0.109 m/s.