Question

You are frozen to an icy lake surface that is otherwise very slippery. A skunk is sliding towards you at a speed of 0.3 m/s. Your only chance to avoid misfortune is to slide a bundle of nuts and berries towards the skunk that it will catch and eat. If the bundle has one quarter of the mass of the skunk, determine the minimal speed at which you have to slide it such that the skunk in fact never reaches you. Submit your answer in the following form:

Answer 1

The solution is given below.

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