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Second law
Question

A body of mass M moving with velocity V explodes into two equal parts. If one comes to rest and the other body moves with velocity v, what would be the value of v?

Easy
Solution

Conserving Linear momentum,
\large \frac {M}{2}\times v+\frac {M}{2}\times0=M\times V\Rightarrow v=2V

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