
Compare the momentum of two of this of mass and respectively but having the same kinetic energy.
Important Questions on Systems of Particles and Rotational Motion



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Two particles of masses move with initial velocities and . On collision, one of the particles get excited to higher level, after absorbing energy If final velocities of particles be and then we must have:







A ball of mass moving with a velocity along the -axis, hits another ball of mass which is at rest. After the collision, first ball comes to rest while the second ball disintegrates into two equal pieces. One piece starts moving along -axis with a speed of The second piece starts moving at an angle of with respect to the -axis. The velocity of the ball moving at with -axis is The configuration of pieces after the collision is shown in the figure below. The value of to the nearest integer is

A spacecraft which is moving with a speed u relative to the earth in the -direction enters the gravitational field of a much more massive planet which is moving with a speed in the negative -direction. The spacecraft exits following the trajectory as shown below.
The speed of the spacecraft with respect to the earth a long time after it has escaped the planet's gravity is given by





