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Q.

A ball of mass 1kg strikes a wedge of mass 4kg horizontally with a velocity of 10ms-1 . Just after collision, the velocity of wedge becomes 4 ms-1 . Friction is absent everywhere and collision is elastic. Then

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a

Speed of ball after collision is 8ms-1

b

Speed of ball after collision is 4ms-1

c

Impulse between ball and wedge during collision is 16N-s

d

Impulse between ball and wedge during collision is 32N-s

answer is D.

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Collision is elastic so KE is conserved. Let V be the speed of the ball after collision then

121(10)2=12442+121V2V=6m/s
Let J be the impulse between the two during collision.

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Apply impulse = change in momentum 

For wedge, we can write

Jsin 300 = 44 J = 32 N-s

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