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While in Earth's Orbit, an 80-Kg Astronaut Carrying a 20-Kg

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While in Earth's orbit, an 80-kg astronaut carrying a 20-kg tool kit is initially drifting toward a stationary (relative to her) space shuttle at a speed of 2 m/s. If she throws the tool kit toward the shuttle with a speed of 6 m/s as seen from the shuttle, her final speed is


A) 1 m/s toward the shuttle.
B) 1 m/s away from the shuttle.
C) 2 m/s toward the shuttle.
D) 4 m/s toward the shuttle.
E) 6 m/s away from the shuttle.

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