A lead ball strikes a wall and falls down, a tennis ball having the same mass and velocity strikes the wall and bounces back. Check the correct statement
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a
The momentum of the lead ball is greater than that of the tennis ball
b
The lead ball suffers a greater change in momentum compared with the tennis ball
c
The tennis ball suffers a greater change in momentum as compared with the lead ball
d
Both suffer an equal change in momentum
answer is C.
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Detailed Solution
Change in the momentum = Final momentum – initial momentum For lead ball ΔP→lead=0−mv→=−mv→For tennis ball ΔP→tennis=−mv→−mv→=−2mv→i.e. tennis ball suffers a greater change in momentum.