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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 sec his displacement relative to the ground will be

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a

5 m

b

4.8 m

c

3.2 m

d

3.0 m

answer is C.

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If the man starts walking on the trolley in the forward direction then whole system will move in backward direction with same momentum. TROLLEY WILL MOVE BACK  WITH A VELOCITY V'=m vM +mIN 4 SEC the net distance of the man moved = x = v t - v't= 1×4-80×1320+80=3.2 m
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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 sec his displacement relative to the ground will be