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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - 5. work,energy,power and collision

A particle of mass \(\mathrm{m}\) is dropped from a height \(h\) above the ground. At the same time another particle of the same mass is thrown vertically upwards from the ground with a speed of \(\sqrt{2 \mathrm{gh}} .\) If they collide head-on completely inelastically, the time taken for the combined mass to reach the ground, in units of \(\sqrt{\frac{\mathrm{h}}{\mathrm{g}}}\) is

  1. A \({\frac{1}{2}}\)
  2. B \(\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}}\)
  3. C \(\sqrt{\frac{3}{4}}\)
  4. D \(\sqrt{\frac{3}{2}}\)
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(D) \(\sqrt{\frac{3}{2}}\)

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Particles will collide after time \(\mathrm{t}_{0}=\frac{\mathrm{h}}{\sqrt{2 \mathrm{gh}}}\) at collision, \(\mathrm{v}_{\mathrm{A}}=\mathrm{gt}_{0} \quad \mathrm{v}_{\mathrm{B}}=\mathrm{u}_{\mathrm{B}}-\mathrm{gt}_{0}\)…
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