RAJASTHAN PMT Rajasthan - PMT Solved Paper-2009

  • question_answer
    A 50 g bullet moving with velocity 10 m/s strikes a block of mass 950 g at rest and gets embedded into it. The loss in kinetic energy will be

    A)  100%                                   

    B)  95%

    C)  5%                        

    D)         50%

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    For bullet,\[{{m}_{1}}=50\,\,g,\,\,{{\mu }_{1}}=10\,\,m/s\] For block,\[{{m}_{2}}=950\,\,g,\,\,{{u}_{2}}=0\] From law of conservation of momentum,                 \[{{m}_{1}}{{u}_{1}}+{{m}_{2}}{{u}_{2}}=({{m}_{1}}+{{m}_{2}})v\]                 \[50\times 10+950\times 0=(50+950)\times v\]                 \[v=\frac{500}{1000}=0.5\,\,m/s\] Initial     \[KE=\frac{1}{2}{{m}_{1}}u_{1}^{2}=\frac{1}{2}\times 50\times {{(1000)}^{2}}\]                                          \[=25\times {{10}^{6}}erg\] \[\therefore \]Loss in\[KE=\frac{1}{2}{{m}_{1}}u_{1}^{2}-\frac{1}{2}({{m}_{1}}+{{m}_{2}}){{v}^{2}}\] \[\Delta K=\frac{1}{2}\times 50\times {{(1000)}^{2}}-\frac{1}{2}(50+950)\times {{(50)}^{2}}\]                 \[=25\times {{10}^{6}}-1250\times 1000\]                 \[=25\times {{10}^{6}}-1.25\times 1000\]                 \[=23.75\times {{10}^{6}}erg\] \[\therefore \]  \[%\]loss in\[KE=\frac{\Delta K}{K}\times 100%\]                 \[=\frac{23.75\times {{10}^{6}}}{25\times {{10}^{6}}}\times 100\]                 \[=95.00%\]


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