A Hockey Puck with a Mass of 160 G Slides

question 46

Multiple Choice

A hockey puck with a mass of 160 g slides at a speed of 12 m/s on frictionless ice.The puck runs into a small box with a mass of 850 g that is initially at rest.Assuming that the collision is elastic,what is the speed of the box after the collision?

• A)2.3 m/s
• B)3.8 m/s
• C)5.6 m/s
• D)6.0 m/s
• E)8.2 m/s

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