A small cart of mass 300g when emty can move freely on a horizontal surface. The cart contains 100g of sand and moves initially with speed of 18cm s^-1.

Question

a)what would be the speed of the cart if a further 200g of sand were dropped vertically into it from a stationary container?
a)If instead of adding sand to the cart,what would be the final speed of the cart?.

Answer 1

Another conservation of momentum question. mv before = mv after. Solve for second v.