When an object breaks into two pieces (explosion, radioactive decay, recoil, etc.), the lighter fragment gets more
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When an object breaks into two pieces (explosion, radioactive decay, recoil, etc.), the lighter fragment gets more kinetic energy than the heavier one. This is a consequence of momentum conservation, but can you also explain it by using Newton’s laws of motion?
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University Physics with Modern Physics
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Authors: Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman
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