Manipal Engineering Manipal Engineering Solved Paper-2008

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     A ball falls from 20 m height on floor and rebounds to 5m. Time of contact is 0.02s. Find acceleration during impact.

    A)  \[1200\,m/{{s}^{2}}\]

    B)  \[1000\,m/{{s}^{2}}\]

    C)  \[2000\,m/{{s}^{2}}\]                   

    D)         \[1500\,m/{{s}^{2}}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    According to Newtons second law of motion, force acting on a body is equal to the rate of change of momentum during impact.                 \[F=\frac{\Delta p}{\Delta t}\] Also,      \[F=ma\] \[\therefore \]  \[ma=\frac{{{p}_{2}}-{{p}_{1}}}{\Delta t}\] or            \[a=\frac{m{{v}_{2}}-(-m{{v}_{1}})}{m\,\,\Delta t}\] or            \[a=\frac{{{v}_{2}}+{{v}_{1}}}{\Delta t}\] \[\therefore \]  \[a=\frac{\sqrt{2\times 10\times 20}+\sqrt{2\times 10\times 5}}{0.02}\] or            \[a=\frac{20+10}{0.02}=1500\,\,m/{{s}^{2}}\]


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