A cannon is mounted on a railway flatcar, the muzzle elevated to 33.2° and pointed in the direction of the track. The cannon fires a 0.80-metric-ton projectile at 0.90 km/s. (a) If the flatcar and cannon together have a mass of 36.0 metric tons (not including the projectile), what is the initial recoil speed of the flatcar? m/s (b) In this problem, it appears that momentum in the y-direction is not conserved. Explain what happens to it.

A cannon is mounted on a railway flatcar, the muzzle elevated to 33.2° and pointed in the direction of the track. The cannon fires a 0.80-metric-ton projectile at 0.90 km/s. (a) If the flatcar and cannon together have a mass of 36.0 metric tons (not including the projectile), what is the initial recoil speed of the flatcar? m/s (b) In this problem, it appears that momentum in the y-direction is not conserved. Explain what happens to it.

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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

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