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A child hits an ice cube with a mass of 10 grams on a table with a force of 10 N. The impact lasts 0.02 seconds. The ice cube flies off the table, which is 1 meter high and lands some distance away. Assume there is no friction between the ice cube and the table. a. What is the velocity of the ice cube when it leaves the table? b. What is the final velocity of the ice cube just before it hits the floor? c. What is the momentum of the ice cube just before it hits the floor? d. What distance will the ice cube land from the foot of the table? e. Suppose the ice cube had broken into two pieces just after the child hit the ice and moved away from each other while falling to the floor. How would the total momentum of the two pieces just before they hit the floor compared to the momentum you found in part (c)?