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Homework Statement
Identical plates are placed close together on ice. A 0.742 kg rabbit that is initially sitting on the plate on the left jumps to the other plate and immediately back to the original plate. The rabbit leaves both plates with a horizontal component of velocity of magnitude 3.00 m/s with respect to the ice. If the mass of each plate is 12.8 kg, calculate the final velocities of both plates.
Homework Equations
p = mv
Ek = 1/2mv^2
m1v1i + m2v2i = m1v1f + m2v2f
1/2m1v1i^2 + 1/2m2v2i^2 = 1/2m1v1f^2 + 1/2 m2v2f^2
The Attempt at a Solution
I don't even know where to begin with this one...