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[-] pahlimur@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

It's a partially elastic collision. So basically all the momentum is transferred into the person. Makes the calculation really simple:

V_person = mass_ball / mass_person * V_ball

For the bus and cyclist it would be some small amount of momentum removed from the bus by the cyclist because the bus doesn't stop. The relative masses are so different, which is why it appears the bus doesn't slow at all. It does though, but only a tiny bit.

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