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A child is standing at one end of a long trolley moving with a speed on a smooth horizontal track. If the child starts running towards the other end of the trolley with a speed , the centre of mass of the system (trolley + child) will move with a speed
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Internal forces can not change the velocity of the center of mass of the system. Therefore it continues to move with the same speed.
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