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Laws Of Motion

Question
CBSEENPH11026153

A bomb of mass 30 kg at rest explodes into two pieces of masses 18 kg and 12 kg. The velocity of 18 kg mass is 6 ms'.The kinetic energy of the other mass is

  • 256 J

  • 486 J

  • 524 J

  • 324 J

Solution

B.

486 J

The linear momentum of the exploding part will remain conserved.

Applying coservation of linear momentum,

m1 u1 =m2 u2

Here, m1 = 18kg, m2 = 12kg

u1 = 6ms-1, u2 = ?

u2 = 18×612 9 ms-1

Thus kinetic energy of 12 kg mass

K2 =12m1u22       = 12×12×92       = 6× 81K2   = 486 J