A toy car with a mass of 120 g moves to the right with a...

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A toy car with a mass of 120 g moves to the right with a speedof 0.64 m/s. A small child drops a 36.0-g piece of clay onto thecar. The clay sticks to the car and the car continues to the right.What is the change in speed of the car? Consider the frictionalforce between the car and the ground to be negligible.

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this is a problem for which you must use momentum Pmv P is momentum m is the mass and v is the velocity the toy car has a momentum because it has mass and velocity however it is in units of grams and you must    See Answer
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