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​Anika and Sam are astronauts floating in space outside their spaceship.They are tethered together by a rope of length 10.5 m.They both begin pulling on the rope at the same time.Anika has mass of 80 kg,and Sam 100 kg.Because her mass is less,Anika reaches the middle of the rope first.Assuming the center of the rope is at the origin and that Anika and Sam start at 5.25 m and -5.25 m,respectively,where is Sam when Anika reaches the middle?


A) ​1.05 m
B) 0.53 m
C) 9.45 m
D) 4.20 m

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