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An explosive device initially at rest explodes into three pieces as shown in the diagram attached. Determine the unknown masses m1 and m2

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An explosive device initially at rest explodes into three pieces as shown in the diagram attached. Determine the unknown masses m1 and m2
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David answered on Dec 21 2021
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We determine the unknown masses 1m and 2m by applying conservation of momentum to the
system. Since the explosive device was initially at rest, its momentum was zero, whence the total
momentum of the system after the explosion is also zero. Thus we have
1 1 2 2 3 3.m m m  0 v v v
The x-component of the above...
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