
A shell fired from a gun at an angle to the horizontal explodes in mid-air. Then centre of mass of the shell fragments will move


Important Questions on Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body
If the density of the material of a square plate and a circular plate shown in the figure is same, the centre of mass of the composite system will be:

An isolated particle of mass is moving in a horizontal plane along the , at a certain height above the ground. It suddenly explodes into two fragments of masses and . An instant later, the smaller fragment is at . The larger fragment at this instant is at:

The centre of mass of a system of particles does not depend on

Three identical metal balls, each of radius are placed touching each other in a horizontal surface, such that an equilateral triangle is formed, when centre of the three balls are joined. The centre of mass of the system is located at


Two blocks of masses are connected by a spring of negligible mass and placed on a frictionless horizontal surface. An Impulse gives a velocity of to the heavier block in the direction of the lighter block. The velocity of the centre of mass is:

A cubical block of side rests on a rough horizontal surface with coefficient of friction . A horizontal force is applied on the block as shown in the figure. The coefficient of friction is sufficiently high so that the block does not slide before toppling. The minimum force required to topple the block is

Two particles and , of mass each are attached at the ends of a rigid massless rod of length . A particle of the same mass moving with a speed of at right angle to strikes and sticks to it. Then
