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As part of a daring rescue attempt, the Millennium Eagle coasts between a pair of twin asteroids, as shown in the figure below where d1 = 2.74 km and d2 = 1.37 km. The mass of the spaceship is 2.55 E7 kg and the mass of each asteroid is 3.50 E11 kg. If the Millennium Eagle is at rest at point A what is its speed at point B?
______ m/s

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