In a circus trapeze act, two acrobats actually fly through the air and grab on to one

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In a circus trapeze act, two acrobats actually fly through the air and grab on to one another, then together grab a swinging bar. One acrobat, with a mass of 60 kg, is moving at 3.0 m/s at an angle of 10° above the horizontal and the other, with a mass of 80 kg, is approaching her with a speed of 2.0 m/s at an angle of 20° above the horizontal. What is the direction and speed of the acrobats right after they grab on to each other? Let the positive x -axis be in the horizontal direction and assume the first acrobat has positive velocity components in the positive x - and y-directions?
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0077339685

2nd edition

Authors: Alan Giambattista, Betty Richardson, Robert Richardson

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