Question
If momentum of a body is decreased by 20% without changing the mass of the body, by what percentage kinetic energy of body will change?
Solution
Let pi be the initial momentum of body and Ki be the initial kinetic energy of the body.
If momentum is decreased by 20% then final momentum is,
Since, kinetic energy is given by,
∴ Final kinetic energy is,
Now change in Kinetic energy is,
Percentage change in kinetic energy is,
Negative sign shows that there is decrease of energy.