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Q. A bomb of mass $30\, kg$ at rest explodes into two pieces of masses $18\, kg$ and $12\, kg$. The velocity of $18\,kg$ mass is $ 6\,ms^{-1} $ . The kinetic energy of the other mass is

JIPMERJIPMER 2007Work, Energy and Power

Solution:

Momentum is conserved just before and after the explosion of the bomb. Initial momentum is zero, so the resultant momentum of the exploded pieces should be zero.
That is $m _{1} v _{1}= m _{2} v _{2}$
$ \Rightarrow(18)(6)=12\left( v _{2}\right) $
$ \Rightarrow v _{2}=9 m / s $
$\therefore$ the KE of $12 kg$ mass $=\frac{1}{2} 12\left(9^{2}\right)=486 J$