A16000 kg railroad car travels along on a level frictionless track with a constant speed of 23.0 m/s. a 5400 kg additional load is dropped onto the car. what then will be its speed in meters/second?

The speed of the car when load is dropped in it is 17.19 m/s.

Explanation:

It is given that,

Mass of the railroad car, m₁ = 16000 kg

Speed of the railroad car, v₁ = 23 m/s

Mass of additional load, m₂ = 5400 kg

The additional load is dropped onto the car. Let v will be its speed. On applying the conservation of momentum as :

v = 17.19 m/s

So, the speed of the car when load is dropped in it is 17.19 m/s. Hence, this is the required solution.

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