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9.5 Exercise 10

Avg difficulty 2.5

Three 70-kg deer are standing on a flat 200-kg rock that is on an ice-covered pond. A gunshot goes off and the deer scatter, with deer A running at (15m/s)i^+(5.0m/s)j^\left(15 \text{m}/\text{s}\right) \hat{i} + \left(5.0 \text{m}/\text{s}\right) \hat{j}, deer B running at (−12m/s)i^+(8.0m/s)j^\left(−12 \text{m}/\text{s}\right) \hat{i} + \left(8.0 \text{m}/\text{s}\right) \hat{j}, and deer C running at (1.2m/s)i^−(18.0m/s)j^\left(1.2 \text{m}/\text{s}\right) \hat{i} - \left(18.0 \text{m}/\text{s}\right) \hat{j}. What is the velocity of the rock on which they were standing?

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