Manipal Engineering Manipal Engineering Solved Paper-2010

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     Two identical masses m moving with velocities \[{{u}_{1}}\]  and \[{{u}_{2}}\] collide perfectly inefasticatiy. Find the loss in energy.

    A) \[m({{u}_{1}}-u_{2}^{2})\]                          

    B)  \[\frac{m}{4}{{({{u}_{1}}-{{u}_{2}})}^{2}}\]

    C)  \[\frac{m}{2}{{({{u}_{1}}-{{u}_{2}})}^{2}}\]    

    D)         \[m{{({{u}_{1}}-{{u}_{2}})}^{3}}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Loss in kinetic energy                 \[=\frac{1}{2}\frac{{{m}_{1}}{{m}_{2}}{{({{u}_{1}}-{{u}_{2}})}^{2}}}{({{m}_{1}}+{{m}_{2}})}\]                 \[=\frac{1}{2}\frac{m\cdot m{{({{u}_{1}}-{{u}_{2}})}^{2}}}{(m+m)}\]                 \[=\frac{m}{4}{{({{u}_{1}}-{{u}_{2}})}^{2}}\]


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