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An explosion breaks a rock into three parts in a horizontal plane. Two of them go off at right angles to each other. The first part of mass 1 kg moves with a speed of12  ms−1and the second part of mass 2 kg moves with 8  ms−1speed. If the third part flies off with4  ms−1speed, then its mass is

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a

7 kg

b

17 kg

c

3 kg

d

5 kg

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

The situation is as shown in the figure.According to law of conservation of linear momentump¯1+p¯2+p¯3=0 ∴    p¯3=−p¯1+p¯2 Here p¯1=1 kg12 ms−1i^=12i^kg ms−1 p¯2=2 kg8 ms−1j^=16j^kg ms−1 ∴  p¯3=−12i^+16j^kg ms−1 The magnitude of p¯3 is p¯3=122+162=20 kg ms−1 ∴  m3=p3v3=20 kgms−14 ms−1=5kg
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