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Question : 28 of 30
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A trolley of mass 200 kg moves with a uniform speed of 36 km/h on a frictionless track. A child of mass 20 kg runs on the trolley from one end to the other (10 m away) with a speed of 4 m s−14\ \mathrm{m}\,\mathrm{s}^{-1} relative to the trolley in a direction opposite to the its motion, and jumps out of the trolley. What is the final speed of the trolley? How much has the trolley moved from the time the child begins to run?
Solution:  
Here, mass of trolley, m1=200m_1 = 200 kg
speed of the trolley vv = 36 km/h = 10 m/s
mass of the child, m2=20m_2 = 20 kg
Before the child starts running, momentum of the system
p1=(m1+m2)vp_1 = (m_1 + m_2) v =(200+20)10=2200 kg m s−1= (200 + 20) 10 = 2200\ \mathrm{kg}\,\mathrm{m}\,\mathrm{s}^{-1}
When the child starts running, with a velocity of 4 m/s in a direction opposite to trolley, suppose v′v' is final speed of the trolley (w.r.t. earth).
Obviously, speed of the child relative to earth (v′−4)(v' - 4)
∴ Momentum of the system when the child is running,
p2=200v′+20(v′−4)p_2 = 200v' + 20 (v' - 4) =220v′−80= 220v' - 80
As no external force is applied on the system
∴p2=p1\therefore p_2 = p_1
220v′−80=2200220v' - 80 = 2200
220v′=2200+80=2280220v' = 2200 + 80 = 2280
v′=2280220=10.36 ms−1v' = \frac{2280}{220} = 10.36\ \mathrm{ms}^{-1}
Time taken by the child to run a distance of 10 m over the trolley,
t=10 m4 ms−1=2.5 st = \frac{10\ \mathrm{m}}{4\ \mathrm{ms}^{-1}} = 2.5\ \mathrm{s}
Distance moved by the trolley in this time = Velocity of trolley × time
=10.36×2.5=25.9 m= 10.36 \times 2.5 = 25.9\ \mathrm{m}
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