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Two identical tiny balls of highly compressed matter are 1.50 m apart. When released in an orbiting space station, they accelerate toward each other at 2.00 cm/s2. What is the mass of each of them? (G = 6.67  10-11 N  m2/kg2)
 
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Two satellites with equal rest masses of 100 kg are traveling toward each other in deep space. They have identical speeds of 0.600c. The satellites collide and somehow manage to stick together.
 
  What is the rest mass of the combined object after the collision? A) 200 kg
  B) 225 kg
  C) 250 kg
  D) 275 kg
  E) 300 kg


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Reply #1 on: Jul 29, 2018
Answer to Question 1

6.75  108 kg

Answer to Question 2

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Reply #2 on: Jul 29, 2018
Both answers were spot on, thank you once again


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Reply #3 on: Jul 29, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


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