An open train car, with a mass of 2190 kg, coasts along a horizontal track at the speed 2.17 m/s. The car passes under a loading chute and, as it does so, gravel falls vertically into it for 3.05 s at the rate of 461 kg/s. What is the car's speed after the loading is completed? Ignore rolling friction (as unrealistic as that may be) Number m/s

An open train car, with a mass of 2190 kg, coasts along a horizontal track at the speed 2.17 m/s. The car passes under a loading chute and, as it does so, gravel falls vertically into it for 3.05 s at the rate of 461 kg/s. What is the car's speed after the loading is completed? Ignore rolling friction (as unrealistic as that may be) Number m/s

Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections

1st Edition

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Author:Katz, Debora M.

Publisher:Katz, Debora M.

Chapter10: Systems Of Particles And Conservation Of Momentum

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 41PQ: There is a compressed spring between two laboratory carts of masses m1 = 105 g and m2 = 212 g....

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