
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




Important Questions on Centre of Mass, Momentum and Collisions
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.

Look at the drawing given in the figure which has been drawn with ink of uniform line-thickness. The mass of ink used to draw each of the two inner circles, and each of the two line segments isThe mass of the ink used to draw the outer circle is The coordinates of the centres of the different part are: outer circle left inner circleright inner circle vertical lineand horizontal lineThe y-coordinate of the centre of mass of the ink in this drawing is

Two small particles of equal masses start moving in opposite directions from a point in a horizontal circular orbit. Their tangential velocities are respectively, as shown in the figure. Between collisions, the particles move with constant speeds. After making how many elastic collisions, other than that at these two particles will again reach the point


A ball of mass rests on a vertical post of height A bullet of mass travelling with a velocity in a horizontal direction, hits the centre of the ball. After the collision, the ball and bullet travel independently. The ball hits the ground at a distance of and the bullet at a distance of from the foot of the post. The initial velocity of the bullet is
