Gujarati
4-1.Newton's Laws of Motion
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A lead ball strikes a wall and falls down, a tennis ball having the same mass and velocity strikes the wall and bounces back. Check the correct statement

AThe momentum of the lead ball is greater than that of the tennis ball
BThe lead ball suffers a greater change in momentum compared with the tennis ball
CThe tennis ball suffers a greater change in momentum as compared with the lead ball
DBoth suffer an equal change in momentum

Solution

(c)Change in the momentum
= Final momentum -initial momentum
For lead ball $\Delta {\vec P_{{\rm{lead}}}} = 0 – m\vec v = – m\vec v$
For tennis ball $\Delta {\vec P_{{\rm{tennis}}}} = – m\vec v – m\vec v = – 2m\vec v$
i.e. tennis ball suffers a greater change in momentum.
Standard 11
Physics

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