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Choose a system consists only the body

Applying conservation of momentum:

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The change in kinetic energy:

Since the body wasnt affected by any external force, therefore:

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Substitute

Not all the energies from the explosion are converted into kinetic energy. A portion of them was lost to
the environment and is presented as
in the above calculation.
The kinetic energy of each fragment:

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