A giant \"egg explodes as part of a fireworks display The egg s at rest belore t

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A giant "egg explodes as part of a fireworks display The egg s at rest belore the explosion, and after the explosion, it breaks into thro pieces, with piece B moving in the positive x direction The masses of both pieces are indicated in (Figure 1shown traveling in opposite directions Part A What is the magnitude of the momentum Pal of pioce A before the explosion? Express your answer numerically in kilogram meters per second. View Available Hintfs Figure 1 of 1 Submt - Part B During the explosion, is the magritude of the force of place A on piece B grealer than less than or equal to the magnitude of ne n place A 3olg

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We know that momentum is always conserved, i.e initial momentum = final momentum

As we can see that the egg was in rest initially so the initial momentum = 0

A is in rest before explosion since the whole egg was at rest so the momentum of A before explosion is also 0

During the explosion the magnitude of force of piece A on piece B is equal to the magnitude of force of piece B on piece A.

Sum of momentum of A and B will be 0 since block had no momentum before explosion

Since momentum of B is +500 kg.m/s so the momentum of A will be -500 kg.m/s

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