A man weighing 80 kg is standing in a trolley weighing 320 kg. The trolley is resting on frictionless horizontal rails. If the man starts walking on the trolley with a speed of 1 m/s, then after 4 s his displacement relative to the ground will be:
5 m
4.8 m
3.2 m
3.0 m
Since the system (man + trolley) is initially at rest and there is no external force in the horizontal direction, the total linear momentum of the system is conserved .
Relative Velocity Relation: .
Conservation of Momentum: Substitute : .
Calculate Man's Velocity w.r.t. Ground: .
Calculate Displacement: Displacement = .
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