A 105-kg rugby player is initially running at 7.5 m/s in the positive direction, but collides head-on with a padded goalpost and experiences a backward force of 1.76 × 104 N for 5.55 × 10–2 s. Calculate the final velocity in the horizontal direction of the rugby player, in meters per second.

A 105-kg rugby player is initially running at 7.5 m/s in the positive direction, but collides head-on with a padded goalpost and experiences a backward force of 1.76 × 104 N for 5.55 × 10–2 s. Calculate the final velocity in the horizontal direction of the rugby player, in meters per second.

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A 105-kg rugby player is initially running at 7.5 m/s in the positive direction, but collides head-on with a padded goalpost and experiences a backward force of 1.76 × 10⁴ N for 5.55 × 10^–2 s.

Calculate the final velocity in the horizontal direction of the rugby player, in meters per second.

v_f =

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