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Three identical blocks  and  are placed on horizontal frictionless surface. The blocks  and  are at rest. But  is approaching towards  with a speed 10 . The coefficient of restitution for all collisions is 0.5. The speed of the block  just after collision is

a)

5.6

b)

6

c)

8

d)

10



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Three identical blocks  and  are placed on horizontal frictionless surface. The blocks  and  are at rest. But  is approaching towards  with a speed 10 . The coefficient of restitution for all collisions is 0.5. The speed of the block  just after collision is

a)

5.6

b)

6

c)

8

d)

10

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Answer Key / Explanation : (a) -

(a)

For collision between blocks  and ,

from principle of momentum conservation,

Or

Adding Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get

Similarly for collision between  and

              …(iv)

Adding Eqs. (iii) and (iv) we get

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