Momentum of a System of Particles

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Important Questions on Momentum of a System of Particles

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A bomb of mass 12 kg at rest explodes into two fragments of masses in the ratio 1:3. The kinetic energy of the smaller fragment is 216 J. The momentum of the heavier fragment is (in kg m s-1)

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A body of mass (4 m) is lying in x-y. plane at rest. It suddenly explodes into three pieces. Two pieces, each of mass (m) move perpendicular to each other with equal speeds (v). The total kinetic energy generated due to explosion is
 

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A bomb of mass 3.0 kg explodes in air into two pieces of masses 2.0 kg and 1.0 kg.The smaller mass goes at a speed of 80 ms-1. The total energy imparted to the two fragments is

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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-1. The kinetic energy of the other mass is

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An explosion blows a rock into three parts. Two parts go off at right angles to each other. These two are, 1 kg first part moving with a velocity of 12 m s-1 and 2 kg second part moving with a velocity of 8 m s-1. If the third part flies off with a velocity of 4 m s-1, its mass would be:

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A shell explodes in a region of negligible gravitational field, giving out n fragments of equal mass m. Then, its total

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A body at rest splits into three parts of masses m, m and 4m, respectively. The two equal masses fly off perpendicular to each other, and each with speed of v. The speed of 4m will be

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A stationary body explodes into two fragments of masses m1 and m2. If momentum of one fragment is p, the minimum energy of explosion is 

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A two particle system having masses, M1 and M2 are placed in a gravity-free space. If the first particle is shifted towards the centre of mass of the system by a distance d, by how much distance should the second particle be shifted so that the centre of mass remains at its initial position?

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If the momentum of a body increases by 20%, the percentage increase in its kinetic energy is equal to