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Old 12-02-2003, 12:51 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Hmm, it sounds like you're on the right track. How did you "take into account the momentum change?" It should have made a signifacant difference...

The answer is approximately 14876m. Can you see how this was derived? I should have picked a friction coefficient of 10! (that's an emphatic 10, not 10 factorial!)

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