relative to the cart . If the cart moves along the same line with negligible friction with the final velocities of and ,respectively. Find the ratio of 6 and 5 .
A child of mass 4 kg jumps from cart B to cart A and then immediately back to cart B . The mass of each cart is 20 kg and they are initially at rest . In both the cases the child jumps at 6 m
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c h i l d ′ s v e l o c i t y = − 6 m / s ( V e l o c i t y t o w a r d s r i g h t = + v e , t o w a r d s l e f t = − v e ) 1 . J u m p i n g F r o m B M o m e n t u m B e f o r e j u m p = M o m e n t u m A f t e r J u m p 0 = 4 ( − 6 ) + 2 0 ( v b ′ ) v b ′ = 5 6 m / s 2 . L a n d i n g o n A t h e n J u m p i n g f r o m A . M o m e n t u m J u s t B e f o r e l a n d i n g o n A = M o m e n t u m J u s t A f t e r J u m p i n g f r o m A 4 ( − 6 ) = 4 ( v ) + 2 0 ( v a ) b u t g i v e n v − v a = 6 ( J u m p s 6 m / s r e l a t i v e t o t h e c a r t ) v = 6 + v a S u b s t i t u t i n g w e g e t v = 4 m / s , v a = − 2 m / s 3 . L a n d i n g o n B M o m e n t u m B e f o r e l a n d i n g = M o m e n t u m A f t e r l a n d i n g 4 ( 4 ) + 2 0 ( 5 6 ) = 2 4 ( v b ) ( T h e y m o v e t o g e t h e r t h e r e f o r e v = v b ) v b = 3 5 m / s 5 v a 6 v b = 5 ( 2 ) 6 ( 3 5 ) = 1