A 110 kg football player runs at 8 m/s and plows into an 80 kg referee standing on the field causing the referee to fly forward at 5.0 m/s. What is the momentum of the football player before the collision? Find:
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Imagine that you have two balloons (or, better yet, actually inflate two balloons, if possible). create static electricity around one of the balloons by rubbing it against your hair or your sweater and then bring that balloon close to the other balloon, which has not been charged. try this with at least one other object—and for variety in the discussion, avoid using an object already described by your classmates. then, for your initial post to the discussion, answer the following questions: what happened with the two balloons?