Center of MassHard
Question
The spacecraft of mass M moves with velocity V in free space at first, then it explodes breaking into two pieces. If after explosion a piece of mass m comes to rest, the other piece of space craft will have a velocity:
Options
A.MV/(M − m)
B.MV/(M + m)
C.mV/(M − m)
D.mV/(M + m)
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