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A particle of mass 4  is projected from the ground at some angle with horizontal. Its horizontal range is At the highest point of its path it breaks into two pieces of masses and 3  respectively, such that the smaller mass comes to rest. The larger mass finally falls at a distance  from the point of projection, where  is equal to

a)

b)

c)

d)

None of these



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A particle of mass 4  is projected from the ground at some angle with horizontal. Its horizontal range is At the highest point of its path it breaks into two pieces of masses and 3  respectively, such that the smaller mass comes to rest. The larger mass finally falls at a distance  from the point of projection, where  is equal to

a)

b)

c)

d)

None of these

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Answer Key / Explanation : (b) -

(b)

Apply  conservation of momentum at highest point:

(i)

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