Sonny H.

asked • 04/08/19

Physics mine car question

A mine car (mass=390 kg) rolls at a speed of 0.50 m/s on a horizontal track, as the drawing shows. A 240-kg chunk of coal has a speed of 1.2 m/s when it leaves the chute. Determine the speed of the car–coal system after the coal has come to rest in the car.

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