Question: A 20.0 kg body is moving through space in the positive direction of an x axis with a speed of 200 m/s when, due to

A 20.0 kg body is moving through space in the positive direction of an x axis with a speed of 200 m/s when, due to an internal explosion, it breaks into three parts. One part, with a mass of 10.0 kg, moves away from the point of explosion with a speed of 100 m/s in the positive y direction. A second part, with a mass of 4.00 kg, moves in the negative x direction with a speed of 500 m/s.
(a) In unit-vector notation, what is the velocity of the third part?
(b) How much energy is released in the explosion? Ignore effects due to the gravitational force.

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