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A child sits stationary at one end of a long trolley moving uniformly with a speed V on a smooth horizontal floor. If the child gets up and runs about on the trolley in any manner, what is the speed of the CM of the (trolley + child) system?

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There is no external force acting on the child and the trolley system, hence the momentum of the entire system is conserved. Therefore the CM keeps moving with its initial speed of V in the same direction.



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