Virgil rides a skateboard (combined mass 100 kg) at 4 m/s, and Jill rides a bicycle (combined mass 64 kg) at 5 m/s.

A. Jill has the greater kinetic energy.
B. Virgil and Jill have equal kinetic energies.
C. Virgil has the greater kinetic energy.


Answer: B

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