Question

Astronauts in the movie "Deep Impact" (Dreamworks, Exec. Prod. Steven Spielberg, Starring Joshua Colwell as CAPCOM) blow up a comet into two pieces. The larger piece is 7.1 times more massive than the smaller piece. The explosion changes the speed of the smaller piece by 27.8 m/s. What is the change in speed of the larger piece in m/s? Enter just the number to the nearest 0.1 m/s, and enter a positive number for the speed change, don't worry about direction.

Answer 1