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You are waiting for a train on a railway platform. Your three-year-old niece is standing on your iron trunk containing the luggage. Why does the trunk not recoil as she jumps off on the platform? - Physics

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You are waiting for a train on a railway platform. Your three-year-old niece is standing on your iron trunk containing the luggage. Why does the trunk not recoil as she jumps off on the platform?

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The trunk does not recoil as the girl jumps off on the platform because the force exerted by the girl is less than the limiting friction between the platform and the iron trunk.

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Chapter 9: Centre of Mass, Linear Momentum, Collision - Short Answers [Page 156]

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HC Verma Concepts of Physics Vol. 1 [English] Class 11 and 12
Chapter 9 Centre of Mass, Linear Momentum, Collision
Short Answers | Q 7 | Page 156
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