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Q. The reduced mass of two particles having masses $m$ and $2\, m$ is

Delhi UMET/DPMTDelhi UMET/DPMT 2011System of Particles and Rotational Motion

Solution:

Reduced mass $= \frac{m \times 2m}{m +2m}$
$ = \frac{2m}{3}$