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Figure show a block A of mass 9 m having a smooth semicircular groove of radius R placed on a smooth horizontal surface. A block B of mass m is released from a position in groove where its radius is horizontal. Find the speed of bigger block when smaller block reaches its bottommost position.

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Important Questions on System of Particles and Centre of Mass

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The block A'&'B' of masses m and 3 m are connected by an ideal spring of force constant k. Now both the blocks are given impulse in opposite direction so that they started moving with velocities v0 and 3v0 as shown in the figure. Find the maximum stretch of spring.

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JEE Advanced
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In figure a man stands on a boat floating in still water. The mass of the man and the boat is 60 kg and 120 kg, respectively.

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(a) If the man walks to the front of the boat and stops, what is the separation between the boat and the pier now?
(b) If the man moves at a constant speed of 3 m/s relative to the boat, what is the total kinetic energy of the system (boat + man)? Compare this energy with the kinetic energy of the system if the boat was tied to the pier.

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An 80 kg boy and his 40 kg sister, both wearing roller blades, face each other at rest. The girl pushes the boy hard, sending him backward with velocity 3.0 m/s towards the west. Ignore friction. (a) Describe the subsequent motion of the girl. (b) How much chemical energy is converted into mechanical energy in the girl's muscles? (c) Is the momentum of the boy-girl system conserved in the pushing apart process? How can it be with no motion beforehand and plenty of motion afterward?

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Two blocks of masses M and 3 M are placed on a horizontal, frictionless surface. A light spring is attached to one of them and the blocks are pushed together with the spring between them. A cord initially holding the blocks together is burned; after that, the block of mass 3 M moves to the right with a speed of  2.00 m/s. 

(a) What is the velocity of the block of mass M. 

(b) Find the system's original elastic potential energy, taking M=0.350 kg.

(c) Is the original energy in the spring or in the cord? Explain your answer.

(d) Is momentum of the system conserved in the bursting apart process? How can it be with large forces acting? How can it be with no motion beforehand and plenty of motion afterward?

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JEE Advanced
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A rifle man, who together with his rifle has a mass of 100 kg, stands on a smooth surface and fires 10 shots horizontally. Each bullet has a mass 10 g and a muzzle velocity of  800 m/s. 

(a) What velocity does the rifle man acquire at the end of 10 shots?

(b) If the shots are fired in 10 s, what will be the average force exerted on him?

(c) Compare his kinetic energy with that of 10 bullets.

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JEE Advanced
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A hemisphere of radius R and of mass 4 m is free to slide with its base on a smooth horizontal table. A particle of mass m is placed on the top of the hemisphere. Find the angular velocity of the particle relative to hemisphere an angular displacement θ when velocity of hemisphere has become v.

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JEE Advanced
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A man of mass m is standing on a plank of mass M kept on a rough surface. When the man walks from left to right on the plank, the centre of mass (man + plank) of the system: 
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JEE Advanced
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A body falling vertically downwards under gravity breaks in two parts of unequal masses. The centre of mass of the two parts taken together shifts horizontally towards