JEE Main 2002PhysicsMotion In One DimensionHardMCQ

JEE Main 2002Motion In One Dimension Question with Solution

JEE Main 2002

Question

If a body looses half of its velocity on penetrating 3 cm in a wooden block, then how much will it penetrate more before coming to rest?

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A1 cm

Step-by-step explanation

Let the initial velocity of the body be v. Hence the final velocity = v/2 Applying In IInd case when the body comes to rest, final velocity = 0, initial velocity = v/2 Again, or So the extra penetration will be

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