A 30,000-kg freight car is coasting at 0.850 m/s with negligible friction under a hopper that dumps 110,000 kg of scrap metal into it. (a) What is the final velocity of the loaded freight car? (b) How much kinetic energy is lost?(Check 2 choices for the answer) *

Explanation:

Given that,

Mass of a freight car,

Speed of a freight car,

Mass of a scrap metal,

(a) Let us assume that the final velocity of the loaded freight car is V. The momentum of the system will remain conserved as follows :

So, the final velocity of the loaded freight car is 0.182 m/s.

(b) Lost on kinetic energy = final kinetic energy - initial kinetic energy

Lost in kinetic energy is 8518.82. Negative sign shows loss.

= initial pressure

= final pressure = 2

= initial volume

= final volume = /4

= initial temperature = 20 c = 20 + 273 = 293 k

= final temperature = ?

using the equation