A (trolley + child) of total mass 200 kg is moving with a uniform speed of 18 km/h on a frictionless track. The child of mass 20 kg starts running on the trolley from one end to the other (10 m away) with a speed of 10 ms–1 relative to the trolley in the direction of the trolley's motion and jumps out of the trolley with the same relative velocity. What is the final speed (in m/s) of the trolley.
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200 × 5 = 20 × (v1 + 10) + 180 v1
800 = 200 v1
v1 = 4 m/s