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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - Work,energy,power and collision
  • JEE Mains 2022
  • Easy
  • MCQ

A body of mass \(8\,kg\) and another of mass \(2\, kg\) are moving with equal kinetic energy. The ratio of their respective momenta will be.

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(B) \(2:1\)

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\(K E=\frac{ P ^{2}}{2 m }\)

\(K _{1}=\frac{ P _{1}^{2}}{2(8)} ; K _{2}=\frac{ P _{2}{ }^{2}}{2(2)}\)

\(K _{1}= K _{2}\)

So,

\(4 P _{2}^{2}= P _{1}^{2}\)

\(\frac{ P _{1}}{ P _{2}}=2\)

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