15. A 59.0-kg boy and his 42.0-kg sister, both wearing roller blades, face each other at rest.
The girl pushes the boy hard, sending him backward with a velocity 3.00 m/s toward the
west. Ignore friction.
(a) Describe the subsequent motion of the girl.
- She will move east, directly away from her brother with a speed 5.71
m/s.
- She will move east, directly away from her brother with a speed 1.5
m/s.
- She will move east, directly away from her brother with a speed 4.21
m/s.
- She will move west, in the same direction as her brother, with a speed
3.00 m/s.