An astronaut with a mass of #85 kg# is floating in space. If the astronaut throws an object with a mass of #3 kg# at a speed of #7/4 m/s#, how much will his speed change by?
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Explanation:
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We can assume that the initial speed of the astronaut is zero for the sake of argument. It says "floating in space", so maybe that actually means 0. The actual initial and final speeds are unimportant, because we are just looking for the change (or difference) in the two speeds.
This means that the astronauts speed will change by