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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - Newtons laws of motion
  • JEE Mains 2022
  • Medium
  • Numerical

A man of \(60\,kg\) is running on the road and suddenly jumps into a stationary trolly car of mass \(120\,kg\). Then. the trolly car starts moving with velocity \(2\,ms ^{-1}\). The velocity of the running man was _________\(ms ^{-1}\). when he jumps into the car

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(B) \(6\)

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Taking the system as man and trolley and using conservation of linear momentum.
\(60 \times v =(60+120) \times 2\)
\(\Rightarrow v =6 \,m / s\)
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