A boy with mass 50kg running at 5m/s jumps on to a 20 kg trolley travelling in the same direction at 1.5m/s. What is their common velocity?
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Common velocity = (50×5 + 20×1.5)÷( 50+20)
= 4 m/s
= 4 m/s
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Use momentum conservation.
when boy gets on trolly then this becomes one single system of mass as sum of boy and trolly.
get initial momentum and final momentum and then equalise it.
when boy gets on trolly then this becomes one single system of mass as sum of boy and trolly.
get initial momentum and final momentum and then equalise it.
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