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A child is sitting at one end of a long trolley moving with a uniform speed v on a smooth horizontal floor. If the child gets up and runs on the trolley in any manner with speed u, what will be the speed of the center of mass of the system (trolley+child)?

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Physics: Principles with Applications
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