A space craft of mass M and moving with velocity v suddenly breaks in two pieces of same mass m. After the explosion one of the mass m becomes stationary. What is the velocity of the other part of craft? |
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A space craft of mass M and moving with velocity v suddenly breaks in two pieces of same mass m. After the explosion one of the mass m becomes stationary. What is the velocity of the other part of craft? |
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(c) Let velocity of masses after explosion be then from law of conservation of momentum, we have Momentum before explosion = Momentum after explosion |