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Grade 12Mechanics

A child standing at one end of a long trolley moving with speed v on a smooth horizontal track. If the child starts running towards the other end of the trolley with a speed u the centre of mass of the system will at a speed of what?

Profile image of malvika sb mutt
13 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of harihara kumar
13 Years ago

v+((u/length ofthe trolley)+1)

Profile image of Chetan Mandayam Nayakar
13 Years ago

mass of trolley=M,mass of child=m

answer=(Mv-mu)/(M+m)

Profile image of Akash Kumar Dutta
13 Years ago

the child runs opposite to the direction of trolley or at the same direction ?
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Profile image of Rajendra Sharma
13 Years ago

the centre of mass will be going with speed v as no external effect or force is acting on the system and momentum will remain conserved. initial speed of trolley = v and hence final speed will be = v.

the friction due to the foot of the child act in equal and opposite pairs on the system and hence no effect is produced in the momentum. we are considering trolley and child together as a system.