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A man weighing  80 kg is standing in a trolley weighing  320 kg. The trolley is resting on frictionless horizontal rails. If the man starts walking on the trolley with a speed of 1 m s-1, then after 4 s, his displacement relative to the ground will be

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Important Questions on Centre of Mass, Momentum and Collisions

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A man weighing 70 kg is riding on a cart of mass 30 kg which moves along a level floor at a speed of 3 m s-1. If he runs on the cart so that his velocity relative to the cart is 4 m s-1 in the direction opposite to the motion of the cart, the speed of centre of mass of the system is
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In a system of two particles of masses m1 and m2 the second particle is moved by a distance d towards the centre of mass. To keep the centre of mass unchanged, the first particle will have to be moved by a distance
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A small ring is rolling without slipping on the circumference of a large bowl as shown below in the figure. The ring is moving down at P1, comes down to the lower most point P2 and is climbing up at P3. Let vCM denote the velocity of the centre of mass of the ring. Choose the correct statement regarding the frictional force on the ring.

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The centre of mass of an extended body on the surface of the earth and its centre of gravity
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Two blocks of masses 10 kg and 2 kg are connected by a spring of negligible mass and placed on a frictionless horizontal surface. An impulse gives a velocity of 12 m s-1 to the heavier block in the direction of the lighter block. Then the velocity of centre of mass is,
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The centre of mass of a system of two bodies of masses M and m, (M>m), separated by a distance d is:
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If the sum of external forces acting on a system is zero, then the centre of mass

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In figure E and Vcm represent the total energy and speed of centre of mass of an object of mass 1 kg in pure rolling. The object is:

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A plank is moving in a horizontal direction with a constant acceleration ai^. A uniform rough cubical block of side l rests on the plank and is at rest relative to the plank.

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Let the centre of mass of the block be at 0, l2 at a given instant. If a=g10, then the normal reaction exerted by the plank on the block at that instant acts at

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A shell of mass M is fired with a speed u at an angle θ with the horizontal such that it explodes into two equal fragments at the highest point of its trajectory. If one fragment falls vertically, the distance at which the other fragment falls from the point of projection will be,
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Four particles A, B, C  and D with masses mA=m,mB=2m,mC=3m  and mD=4m are at the corners of a square. They have accelerations of equal magnitude with directions as shown. The acceleration of the centre of mass of the particles is:
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Two masses A and B, each of mass M are fixed together by a massless spring, A force acts on the mass B as shown in figure. If the mass A starts moving away from mass B with acceleration a, then the acceleration of mass B will be :

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A rigid uniform bar AB of length L is slipping from its vertical position on a frictionless floor (as shown in the figure). At some instant of time, the angle made by the bar with the vertical is θ. Which of the following statements about its motion is correct?

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An object of mass 10 kg is launched from the ground at t=0, at an angle of 37° above the horizontal with a speed of 30 m/s. At some time after its launch, an explosion splits the projectile into two pieces. One piece of mass 4 kg is observed at (105 m, 43 m) at t=2 s. Find the location of second piece at t=2 s.

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The centre of mass of a rigid body cannot lie
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Three man A,B and C of mass 40 kg, 50 kg and 60 kg are standing on a plank of mass 90 kg, which is kept on a smooth horizontal plane. If A and C exchange their positions then mass B will shift:-

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A small body of superdense material, whose mass is twice the mass of the Earth but whose size is very small compared to the size of the Earth, starts from rest at a height H<<R above the Earth's surface, and reach the, Earth's surface in time t. Then t is equal to
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Two particles of masses m and 2m are connected by a string of length L and placed at rest over a smooth horizontal surface. The particles are then given velocities as indicated in the figure shown. The tension developed in the string will be

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A stationary pulley carries a rope one end of which supports a ladder with a man and the other a counterweight of mass M . The man of mass m climbs up a distance l with respect to the ladder and then stops. The displacement of the centre of mass of this system is
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Two masses m1=4kg and m2=2kg are released from rest as shown in figure. 

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Find the distance in m  travelled by centre of mass in 9 s.