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MHT CET · Physics · Center of Mass Momentum and Collision

A person with machine gun can fire \(50 \mathrm{~g}\) bullets with a velocity of \(240 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}\). A \(60 \mathrm{~kg}\) tiger moves towards him with a velocity of \(12 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}\). In order to stop the tiger in track, the number of bullets the person fires towards the tiger is

  1. A \(50\)
  2. B \(60\)
  3. C \(70\)
  4. D \(80\)
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(B) \(60\)

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In order to stop the tiger, the momentum of the bullets fired must be equal to the momentum of the tiger.
\( \begin{array}{ll} \therefore \mathrm{MV}=\mathrm{nmv} \\ \therefore \mathrm{n}=\frac{\mathrm{MV}}{\mathrm{mV}}=\frac{60 \times 12}{50 \times 10^{-3} \times 240} \\ \therefore \mathrm{n}=60 \end{array} \)
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