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Example Explosion Calculations
| style="height:20px; width:300px; text-align:center;" |An 80kg ice skater and a 90kg ice skater begin at rest and then push away from one another. The 80kg ice skater moves away with a velocity of 0.45m/s. Calculate the [[velocity]] of the 90kg ice skater correct to two [[Significant Figures|significant figures]].
| style="height:20px; width:300px; text-align:center;" |An 18th century cannon of [[mass]] 2000kg fires a 5.5kg cannon ball at a [[velocity]] of 180m/s. Calculate the recoil [[velocity]] of the cannon correct to two [[Significant Figures|significant figures]].
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| style="height:20px; width:300px; text-align:left;" |'''1. State the known quantities'''