Manipal Engineering Manipal Engineering Solved Paper-2012

  • question_answer
    A bullet of mass\[10\,\,g\]is fired from a gun of mass\[1\,\,kg\]with recoil velocity of gun is\[5m/s\]. The muzzle velocity will be

    A)  30 km/min        

    B)  60 km/min

    C)  30 m/s          

    D)         500 m/s

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Conservation of linear momentum gives,                 \[{{m}_{1}}{{v}_{1}}+{{m}_{2}}{{v}_{2}}=0\]                 \[{{m}_{1}}{{v}_{1}}=-{{m}_{2}}{{v}_{2}}\]                     \[{{v}_{1}}=\frac{-{{m}_{2}}{{v}_{2}}}{{{m}_{1}}}\] Given,      \[{{m}_{1}}=10\,\,g=\left( \frac{10}{1000} \right)kg,\,\,{{m}_{2}}=1\,\,kg\]                    \[{{v}_{2}}=-5m/s\] \[\therefore \]      \[{{v}_{1}}=\frac{+1\times 5}{10/1000}\] or               \[{{v}_{1}}=500\,\,m/s\]


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