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An automobile with a mass of 1450 kg is parked on a moving flatbed railcar; the flatbed is 1.50 m above the ground. The railcar has a mass of 38500 kg and is moving to the right at a constant speed of 8.70 m/s on a frictionless rail. The automobile them accelerates to the left, leaving the railcar at a speed of 22.0 m/s with respect to the ground. When the automobile lands, what is the distance D between it and the left end of the railcar?

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An automobile with a mass of 1450 kg is parked on a moving flatbed railcar; the flatbed is 1.5 m above the ground. The railcar has a mass of 38,500 kg and is moving to the right at a constant speed of 8.7 m/s on a frictionless rail...
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