Chhattisgarh PMT Chhattisgarh PMT Solved Paper-2004

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    A bullet of mass m moving with velocity v strikes a block of mass M at rest and gets embedded into it. The kinetic energy of the composite block will be

    A) \[\frac{1}{2}m{{v}^{2}}\times \frac{m}{(m+M)}\]            

    B) \[\frac{1}{2}m{{v}^{2}}\times \frac{M}{(m+M)}\]

    C) \[\frac{1}{2}m{{v}^{2}}\times \frac{(M+m)}{M}\]            

    D) \[\frac{1}{2}M{{v}^{2}}\times \frac{m}{(m+M)}\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    By the law of conservadon of momentum \[mv=(m+M)V\]                 \[\therefore \]  \[V=\left( \frac{m}{m+M} \right)v\] \[\therefore \] Kinetic energy of composite block                 \[{{E}_{k}}=\frac{1}{2}(m+M){{V}^{2}}\]                                 \[=\frac{1}{2}\frac{(m+M){{m}^{2}}{{v}^{2}}}{{{(m+M)}^{2}}}=\frac{1}{2}m{{v}^{2}}\left( \frac{m}{m+M} \right)\]


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