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Two identical billiard balls are in contact on a smooth table. A third identical ball strikes them symmetrically and comes to rest after impact. The coefficient of restitution is:
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Important Questions on Centre of Mass, Momentum and Collisions
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A particle of mass strikes elastically with a disc of radius , with a velocity as shown in the figure. If the mass of the disc is equal to that of the particle and the surface of the contact is smooth, then the velocity of the disc just after the collision is:

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A wagon filled with sand has a hole so that sand leaks through the bottom at a constant rate . An external force acts on the wagon in the direction of motion. Assuming instantaneous velocity of the wagon to be and initial mass of system to be the force equation governing the motion of the wagon is:

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A balloon having mass is filled with gas and is held in hands of a boy. Then suddenly it get released and gas starts coming out of it with a constant rate. The velocity of the ejected gases is also constant with respect to the balloon. Find out the velocity of the balloon when the mass of gas is reduced to half (neglect gravity and buoyant force).

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A shell of mass is fired horizontally from a cannon having a mass of . The kinetic energy of the shell at the end of the barrel is . The kinetic energy imparted to the cannon due to recoil is:

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A skater of mass standing on ice throws a stone of mass with a velocity in a horizontal direction. The distance, the skater will move back is (the coefficient of friction between the skater and the ice is ):

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A ball of mass hits directly another ball of mass at rest and is brought to rest by the impact. One third of the kinetic energy of the ball is lost due to collision. The coefficient of restitutions is

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Two particles and of equal masses have velocities The particles move with accelerations, respectively. The centre of mass of the two particles move along

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A man of mass start falling from building of height with a bag of in his hand. After falling through a distance , he throw the bag horizontally with respect to him so that he fall in a pond away from the vertical lines of fall. Calculate horizontal distance of bag from the vertical line of fall where it lands.
