A shell at rest at the origin explodes into three fragments of masses $1\ kg$ , $2\ kg$ and $m\ kg$ . The $1\ kg$ and $2\ kg$ pieces fly off with speeds of $5\ ms^{-1}$ along $x-axis$ and $6\ ms^{-1}$ along $y-axis$ respectively. If the $m\, kg$ piece flies off with a speed of $6.5\ ms^{-1}$ , the total mass of the shell must be    ......... $kg$

  • A

    $4$

  • B

    $5$

  • C

    $3.5$

  • D

    $4.5$

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