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In a typical Indian Bugghi (a luxury cart drawn by horses), a wooden plate is fixed on the rear on which ane person can sit. A bugghi of mass 200 kg is moving at a speed of 10 km/hr. As it overtakes a schoolboy walking at a speed of 4 km/hr, the boy sits on the wooden plate.If the mass of the boy is 25 kg, what will be the new velocity of the bugghi?

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Mass of the Bugghi , m₁ = 200 kg

Velocity of Bugghi , v₁ = 10 km/hr


Mass of BOY , m₂ = 2.5 kg

Velocity of boy , v₂ = 4 km/hr


If we TAKE Buggie and boy as SYSTEM then TOTAL momentum before the process of sitting will remain constant after the process of sitting.


m₁v₁ = m₂v₂ = (m₁+m₂) v


200 x 10 + 25 x 4 = (200+25) v


v = 2100/225 = 28/3 km/hr = 9.3 km/hr


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