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A steel ball o mass  suffers one-dimensional elastic collision with a row of three steel balls, each of mass  If mass  has collided with velocity  and the three balls numbered 1, 2, 3 were initially at rest, then after the collision

a)

Balls 1, 2 and 3 would start moving to the right, each with velocity

b)

Balls 2 and 3 would start moving to the right, each with velocity

c)

Balls 2 and 3 would start moving to the right, each with velocity

d)

Ball 1 and ball of mass  would remain at rest



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A steel ball o mass  suffers one-dimensional elastic collision with a row of three steel balls, each of mass  If mass  has collided with velocity  and the three balls numbered 1, 2, 3 were initially at rest, then after the collision

a)

Balls 1, 2 and 3 would start moving to the right, each with velocity

b)

Balls 2 and 3 would start moving to the right, each with velocity

c)

Balls 2 and 3 would start moving to the right, each with velocity

d)

Ball 1 and ball of mass  would remain at rest

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Answer Key / Explanation : (c,d) -

(c,d)

In option (a), neither momentum nor kinetic energy is conserved so collision is not elastic. Hence, option (a), is not correct

b. Same difficulty lies with option (b). So, only options (c) and (d) are correct

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