
A projectile is thrown horizontally from top of a tower of heightwith a velocity It strikes the smooth ground whose co-efficient of restitution is (neglect friction):


Important Questions on Centre of Mass, Momentum and Collisions

A particle is attached to the lower end of a uniform rod which is hinged at its other end as shown in the figure. The minimum speed given to the particle so that the rod performs circular motion in a vertical plane will be [length of the rod is , consider masses of both rod and particle to be same]

A rod of negligible mass and length is pivoted at the point distance from the left end as shown. A particle of mass is fixed to its left end and another particle of mass is fixed to the right end. If the system is released from rest and after some time becomes vertical, the speed of the two masses and angular velocity at that instant is

Two identical balls and of mass each is placed on a fixed wedge as shown in the figure. The ball is kept at rest and it is released just before two balls collide. The ball rolls down without slipping on an inclined plane and collides elastically with the ball . The kinetic energy of the ball just after the collision with the ball is (Neglect friction between and , also neglect the radius of the balls)



Statement-1: In an elastic collision between two bodies, the relative speed of the bodies after collision is equal to the relative speed before the collision.
Statement-2: In an elastic collision, the linear momentum of the system is conserved.

