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A wagon weighing 1000 kg is moving with a velocity 50 km/h on smooth horizontal rails. A mass of 250 kg is dropped into it. The velocity with which it moves now is


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12.5 km/hour

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20 km/hour

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40 km/hour

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50 km/hour

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Solution

The correct option is C

40 km/hour


Initially the wagon of mass 1000 kg is moving with velocity of 50 km/h

So its momentum =1000×50kg×kmh

When a mass 250kg is dropped into it. New mass of the system = 1000+250 = 1250 kg

Let v is the velocity of the system.

By the conservation of linear momentum : Initial momentum = Final momentum

1000×50=1250×v

v=50,0001250=40kmh.


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