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lianna [129]
3 years ago
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A railroad car of mass 2.00 3 104 kg moving at 3.00 m/s collides and couples with two coupled railroad cars, each of the same ma

ss as the single car and moving in the same direction at 1.20 m/s. (a) What is the speed of the three coupled cars after the collision
Physics
2 answers:
FrozenT [24]3 years ago
7 0

Given:

Mass of the rail road car, m = 2 kg

velocity of the three cars coupled system, v' = 1.20 m/s

velocity of first car, v_{a} = 3 m/s

Solution:

a) Momentum of a body of mass 'm' and velocity 'v' is given by:

p = mv

Now for the coupled system according to law of conservation of momentum, total momentum of a system before and after collision remain conserved:

mv_{a} + 2mv_{b} = (m + 2m)v'                        (1)

where,

v_{a} = velocity of the first car

v_{b} = velocity of the 2 coupled cars after collision

Now, from eqn (1)

v' = \frac{v_{a} + 2v_{b}}{3}

v' = \frac{3.00 + 2\times 1.20}}{3}

v' = 1.80 m/s

Therefore, the velocity of the combined car system after collision is 1.80 m/s

kicyunya [14]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

3 milliseconds

Explanation:

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