
Two blocks of masses and are placed along a vertical line. The first block is raised through a height of . By what distance should the second mass be moved to raise the centre of mass by .

Important Questions on Centre of Mass, Momentum and Collisions



A man of the mass hanging with a light rope which is connected with a balloon of mass . The system is at rest and equilibrium in the air. When man rises a distance with respect to balloon Find.
The distance raised by a man
The distance descended by balloon



In a process, a neutron which is initially at rest decays into a proton, an electron and an antineutrino. The ejected electron has a momentum of and the antineutrino has . Find the recoil speed of the proton if the electron and the antineutrino are ejected
along the same direction.
in mutually perpendicular directions. (Mass of the proton .)

