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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - Work,energy,power and collision
  • JEE Mains 2021
  • Hard
  • MCQ

A large block of wood of mass \(M =5.99\, kg\) is hanging from two long massless cords. A bullet of mass \(m =10\, g\) is fired into the block and gets embedded in it. The (block \(+\) bullet) then swing upwards, their centre of mass rising a vertical distance \(h =9.8\,cm\) before the (block \(+\) bullet) pendulum comes momentarily to rest at the end of its arc. The speed of the bullet just before collision is: (Take \(g =9.8\, ms ^{-2}\) ) (in \(m/s\))

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(C) \(831.5\)

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From energy conservation,

\([\) after bullet gets embedded till the system comes momentarily at rest \(]\)

\(( M + m ) g h =\frac{1}{2}( M + m ) v _{1}^{2}\)

\(\left[ v _{1}\right.\) is velocity after collision]

\(\therefore v _{1}=\sqrt{2 gh }\)

Applying momentum conservation, (just before and just after collision)

\(mv =( M + m ) v _{1}\)

\(v =\left(\frac{ M + m }{ m }\right) v _{1}=\frac{6}{10 \times 10^{-3}} \times \sqrt{2 \times 9.8 \times 9.8 \times 10^{-2}}\)

\(\approx 831.55\, m / s\)

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