Linear Momentum of a System of Particles

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Linear Momentum of a System of Particles: Overview

This topic consists of various concepts like Linear Momentum,Linear Momentum and Kinetic Energy in System of Particles,Linear Momentum of System of Particles, etc.

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An object of mass  4kg  and another object of mass  1kg  are moving such that they have equal kinetic energy. The ratio of the magnitudes of their linear momentum is

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A body of mass 5 kg explodes at rest into three fragments with masses in the ratio 1 : 1 : 3. The fragment with equal masses fly in mutually perpendicular directions with speeds of 21 ms-1​. The velocity of heaviest fragment in ms-1 will be

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A shell is fired from a canon, it explodes in mid air, its total :

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A particle of mass m is projected towards a wall such that the angle of incidence is θ0 and the speed just before collision is u. Assuming that the wall is smooth and the collision is elastic, show that the ball rebounds at same angle.

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A railway wagon (open at the top) of mass M1 is moving with speed v1 along a straight track. As a result of rain, after some time it gets partially filled with water so that the mass of the wagon becomes M2 and speed becomes v2. Taking the rain to be falling vertically and water stationary inside the wagon, the relation between the two speeds v1 and v2 is :

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A nucleus disintegrates into two nuclear parts, in such a way that ratio of their nuclear sizes is 1:21/3. Their respective speed have a ratio of n:1. The value of n is_________

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A particle of mass m moving with velocity v collides with a stationary particle of mass 2m. After collision, they stick together and continue to move together with velocity

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A bullet of mass 0.1 kg moving horizontally with speed 400 m s-1 hits a wooden block of mass 3.9 kg kept on a horizontal rough surface. The bullet gets embedded into the block and moves 20 m before coming to rest. The coefficient of friction between the block and the surface is _______.

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A particle of mass m moving with a velocity v collides with a particle of mass 2m at rest and sticks to it. Velocity of combined mass is equal to

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A sphere of mass m falls on a smooth hemisphere of mass M resting with its plane face on smooth horizontal table, so that at the moment of impact, line joining the centres makes an angle α with the vertical. The velocity of sphere just before impact is u and e is the coefficient of restitution.

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A ball of mass m strikes the fixed inclined plane after falling through a height h. If it rebounds elastically, the impulse on the ball is: 

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 A man of mass m stands on a long flat car of mass M moving with velocity V. If he now begins to run with velocity u with respect to the car, in the same direction as V, the velocity of the car will be:
 

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 Block A of mass 1 kg is placed on the rough surface of block B of mass 3 kg. Block B is placed on smooth horizontal surface. Blocks are given the velocities as shown. Find net work done by the frictional force. [in (-) ve J]
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A body at rest breaks up into 3 parts. If 2 parts having equal masses fly off perpendicularly each after with a velocity of 12 m s-1, then the velocity of the third part which has 3 times mass of each part is

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Two bodies of masses m1 and m2 are dropped from heights h1 and h2 respectively. On reaching the ground, they acquire equal momenta. If h1>h2, the ratio of kinetic energy of m1 to that of on reaching the ground will be

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Two balls A and B having mass 1 kg and 2 kg, moving with speed 21 m s-1 and 4 m s-1 respectively in opposite direction, collide head on. After collision A moves with a speed of 1 m s-1 in the same direction, then the coefficient of restitution is:

 

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 Two particles A and B of equal masses having initial velocities VA= (8i^ +8j^) m s-1 and VB=(i^+j^) m s-1 respectively collide. collision is head-on and elastic, then the final velocities of A and B respectively will be
 

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Compare the momentum of two of this of mass  10 kg and 40 kg respectively but having the same kinetic energy.

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A flat car of mass M is at rest on a frictionless floor with a child of mass m standing at the edge. If the child jumps off from the car towards right with initial velocity u, with respect to car, find the velocity of car after the jump.
 

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A bomb moving with velocity 40 i^+50 j^-25 k^ m s-1 explodes into two pieces of mass ratio 1:4. After explosion the smaller piece moves away with velocity 200 i^+70 j^+15 k^ m s-1. The velocity of the larger piece is