Question: Space probes may be separated from their launchers by exploding bolts. ( They bolt away from one another. ) Suppose a 5 4 0 0

Space probes may be separated from their launchers by exploding bolts. (They bolt away from one another.) Suppose a 5400 kg satellite uses this method to separate from the 1600 kg remains of its launcher, and that 8000 J of kinetic energy is supplied to the two parts. What are their subsequent velocities (in m/s) using the frame of reference in which they were at rest before separation?

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