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OS-UP-9-51 · OpenStax University Physics Volume 1

Types of Collisions (Problem 51)

A 35-kg child rides a relatively massless sled down a hill and then coasts along the flat section at the bottom, where a second 35-kg child jumps on the sled as it passes by her. If the speed of the sled is 3.5 m/s before the second child jumps on, what is its speed after she jumps on?