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Q.

An elevator platform is going up at a speed 20ms1 and during its upward motion a small ball of 50 g mass falling in downward direction strikes the platform elastically at a speed 5ms1. Find the speed (inms1) with which the ball rebounds.

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answer is 45.

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Detailed Solution

The situation is analysed in the figure we consider mass of platform to be very large compared to the of ball, so we have

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v1=u1e=(v2v1u2u1)=(v2u1u1(u2))

v2=2u1=u2

Thus rebound velocity of ball is

 v2=2×20(5)=45ms1 upward.  

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