Explanation:
Let the speeds of father and son are 
. The kinetic energies of father and son are 
. The mass of father and son are 
(a) According to given conditions, 
And 
Kinetic energy of father is given by :
.............(1)
Kinetic energy of son is given by :
...........(2)
From equation (1), (2) we get :
..............(3)
If the speed of father is speed up by 1.5 m/s, so the ratio of kinetic energies is given by :
Using equation (3) in above equation, we get :
(b) Put the value of 
in equation (3) as :
Hence, this is the required solution.
|Momentum| = (mass) x (speed)
225 kg-m/s =(50kg) x (speed)
Divide each side by (50kg): Speed=(225 kg-m/s) / (50 kg) = 4.5 m/s .
Regarding the velocity, nothing can be said other than the speed, because
we have no information regarding the direction of the object's motion.
Rubbing both pieces cause each piece to have a negative charge.
When two parts have the same they repel each other, so holding one piece up tot he end of the other piece would push it away.
Because one piece is held in the middle by a string, it would rotate the piece in a circle.
If they held the piece to the other end of the one held by a string it would start to rotate in the opposite direction.
