Question: Consider again the collision between two hockey pucks in Figure P7.24, but now they do not stick together. Their speeds before the collision are v

Consider again the collision between two hockey pucks in Figure P7.24, but now they do not stick together. Their speeds before the collision are v1i= 20 m/s and v2i= 15 m/s. It is found that after the collision one of the pucks is moving along x with a speed of 10 m/s. What is the final velocity of the other puck?

Figure P7.24

?y Puck 1 30 Puck 2

y Puck 1 30 Puck 2

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