Problem: A mother has four times the mass of her young son. Both are running with the same kinetic energy.What is the ratio vs/vm other of their speeds?

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A mother has four times the mass of her young son. Both are running with the same kinetic energy.

What is the ratio vs/vm other of their speeds?

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