A spaceship of mass 2.30×106 kg is cruising at a speed of 4.30×106 m/s when the antimatter reactor fails, blowing the ship into three pieces. One section, having a mass of 5.20×105 kg , is blown straight backward with a speed of 2.30×106 m/s . A second piece, with mass 8.10×105 kg , continues forward at 9.00×105 m/s .
a) What is the speed of the third piece?
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