4-1.Newton's Laws of Motion
easy

A body at rest explodes into two pieces of unequal mass. The parts will move

A

Arbitrarily

B

In the same direction

C

In opposite directions with equal speeds

D

In opposite directions with unequal speeds

Solution

(d)

$\because$ momentum is conserved

$P _{ i } \overrightarrow{=0}$

$P _{ f }= m _{ f ( A )} V _{( A )}+ m _{ f ( B )} V _{( B )}=0$

$m _{ f ( A )} V _{( A )}^{\overrightarrow{ A }}=- m _{ f ( B )} V \underset{( B )}{\overrightarrow{ }}$

both move in opposite directions

$\because m _{ f ( B )} \equiv m _{ f ( A )}$

$V _{\vec{A}} \equiv V _{\vec{B}}$

Standard 11
Physics

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