2025, Question 1 · Mathematical Routines · 10 points · about 25 minutes
Block dropped onto a moving cart
Sketch the system's momentum over time, derive the final speed and the kinetic energy lost when a block lands and sticks on a cart, and decide whether momentum changes when a block slides before moving with the cart.
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