JEE Main 2020 — Center of Mass Momentum and Collision Question with Solution
JEE Main 2020 (03 Sep Shift 2)
Question
A block of mass is at rest at the edge of a table, of height 1 m. A bullet of mass collides with the block and sticks to it. If the velocity of the bullet is in the horizontal direction just before the collision then the kinetic energy just before the combined system strikes the floor, is [Take . Assume there is no rotational motion and loss of energy after the collision is negligible.]
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Step-by-step explanation
Conservation of linear momentum
Using work energy theorem
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