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A child is sitting at one end of a long trolley moving with a uniform speed v on a smooth horizontal track. If the child starts running towards the other end of the trolley with a speed u (w.r.t. trolley), the speed of the centre of mass of the system will be

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u+v
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vu
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v
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None of these
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Solution

The correct option is C v
Velocity of centre of mass will remain unaffected as no external force acts on system.

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