
A rail wagon of mass is moving with velocity on frictionless rails. A body of mass is thrown into the wagon with velocity as shown in the figure. The body collides inside with the walls of the wagon and due to internal losses, it comes to rest with respect to the wagon. Find the velocity of the wagon when the body comes to rest w.r.t. the wagon. [Assume that the velocity of the wagon and the object are in the same plane.]


Important Questions on Center of Mass

Two men of masses and are standing on a wooden plank of mass that has been placed over a smooth surface. If both the men start moving towards each other with speeds and , respectively, the velocity of the plank by which it starts moving is,

A block of mass, slides on a frictionless table with speed of . In front of it, another block of mass is moving with speed in the same direction and a massless spring of spring constant, is attached on the backside of as shown. The maximum compression of the spring in when the blocks collide is,

A man is standing on a cart of mass which is double the mass of the man. Initially, the cart is at rest on the smooth ground. Now, the man jumps with relative velocity , horizontally towards right with respect to the cart. The work done by the man during the process of jumping is,

A block of mass is kept on a smooth circular track of mass which is kept on a smooth horizontal surface. The circular track is given a horizontal velocity , towards left and is released. The maximum height reached by will be,


A block of mass , with a semicircular track of radius , rests on a horizontal frictionless surface. A uniform cylinder of radius and mass is released from rest from the top point . The cylinder slips on the semicircular frictionless track. The speed of the block when the cylinder reaches the bottom of the track at is

A person of mass stands in the middle of a boat of mass moving at a constant velocity with no friction between water and boat and also the engine of the boat is shut off. With what velocity (relative to the boat surface) should the person move so that the boat comes to rest. Neglect friction between water and boat.
