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OS-UP-9-42 · OpenStax University Physics Volume 1

Conservation of Linear Momentum (Problem 42)

A 2000-kg railway freight car coasts at 4.4 m/s underneath a grain terminal, which dumps grain directly down into the freight car. If the speed of the loaded freight car must not go below 3.0 m/s, what is the maximum mass of grain that it can accept?