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A mine car (mass = 440 kg) rolls at a speed of 0.50 m/s on a horizontal track, as the drawing shows. A 150 kg chunk of coal has a speed of 0.80 m/s when it leaves the chute. Determine the velocity of the car/coal system after the coal has come to rest in the car.

A

0.56 m/s, to the left

B

0.56 m/s, to the right

C

0.28 m/s, to the left

D

0.28 m/s, to the right

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