Packages in an automobile parts supply house are transported to the loading dock by pushing them along

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Packages in an automobile parts supply house are transported to the loading dock by pushing them along a roller track with very little friction. At the instant shown packages B and C are at rest and package A has a velocity of 6 ft/s. Knowing that the coefficient of restitution between the packages is 0.3, determine

(a) The velocity of package C after A hits B and B hits C,

(b) The velocity of A after it hits B for the second time.

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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics

ISBN: 978-0073212227

8th Edition

Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., Elliot Eisenberg, William Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell

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