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Two skaters with the same mass face each other standing still. Both skaters push off each other and they love in opposite directions. What’s the momentum before pushing off? Total momentum after pushing off? Momentum of each in comparison to each other after pushing off

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We will have the following:

Total momentum before pushing each other off: 0.

Total momentum after pushing each other off: 0.

Momentum of each other after pushing off in comparison to each other:

*Person 1: A positive value.

*Person 2: A negative value of equal magnitude to the momentum of person 1.