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James and Ramon are standing 20.0 m apart on the slippery surface of a frozen pond. Ramon has mass 62.0kg and James has mass 80.0kg
James and Ramon are standing 20.0 m apart on the slippery surface of a frozen pond. Ramon has mass 62.0kg and James has mass 80.0kg . Midway between the two men a mug of their favorite beverage sits on the ice. They pull on the ends of a light rope that is stretched between them. Ramon pulls on the rope to give himself a speed of 0.70m/s .
What is James's speed?
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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics
Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., Elliot Eisenberg, William Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell
8th Edition
73212229, 978-0073212227
