Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 9 - Linear Momentum and Collisions - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 294: 78

Answer

$42Kg$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required mass as follows: $X_{CM}=\frac{m_cX_c+m_px_p}{m_c+m_p}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $4.0m=\frac{m_c(4.9m)+(63Kg)(3.4m)}{m_c+63Kg}$ $(4.0m)(m_c+(63Kg))=m_c(4.9m)+(63Kg)(3.4m)$ $m_c(4.9m-4.0m)=(63Kg)(4.0m)-(63Kg)(3.4m)$ This simplifies to: $m_c=42Kg$
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