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Problem 9:   A watermelon is blown into three pieces by a large firecracker. Two pieces of...

Problem 9:   A watermelon is blown into three pieces by a large firecracker. Two pieces of equal mass m fly away perpendicular to one another, one in the x direction another in the y direction. Both of these pieces fly away with a speed of V = 22 m/s. The third piece has three times the mass of the other two pieces.

Randomized VariablesV = 22 m/s

33% Part (a) Write an expression for the speed of the larger piece, that is in terms of only the variable V.

33% Part (b) What is the numeric value for the speed of the larger piece, in meters per second?

33% Part (c) At what angle does the largest piece travel with respect to the -y axis, in degrees?

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