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1 year ago

An astronaut on a space walk floats a little too far away

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SSSSS [86.1K]1 year ago

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Answer:

The astronaut can throw the hammer in a direction away from the space station. While he is holding the hammer, the total momentum of the astronaut and hammer is 0 kg • m/s. According to the law of conservation of momentum, the total momentum after he throws the hammer must still be 0 kg • m/s. In order for momentum to be conserved, the astronaut will have to move in the opposite direction of the hammer, which will be toward the space station.

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Lady bird [3.3K]1 year ago

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Answer:

He can throw it away from himself.

Explanation:

Newtons Third Law says that everything has an equal, yet opposite reaction on other objects.

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