Question: A meteor whose mass was about 2 . 4 1 0 8 kg struck the Earth ( mE = 6 . 0 1 0 ^

A meteor whose mass was about 2.4108 kg struck the Earth (mE=6.010^24(kg) with a speed of about 27 km/s and came to rest in the Earth.
Part A
What was the Earth's recoil speed (relative to Earth at rest before the collision)?
Part B
What fraction of the meteor's kinetic energy was transformed to kinetic energy of the Earth?
Part C
By how much did the Earth's kinetic energy change as a result of this collision?

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