An artillery piece of mass $M_1$ fires a shell of mass $\mathrm{M}_2$ horizontally. Instantaneously after the firing, the ratio of kinetic energy of the artillery and that of the shell is:

  • [JEE MAIN 2024]
  • A

    $\mathrm{M}_1 /\left(\mathrm{M}_1+\mathrm{M}_2\right)$

  • B

    $\frac{M_2}{M_1}$

  • C

    $\mathrm{M}_2 /\left(\mathrm{M}_1+\mathrm{M}_2\right)$

  • D

    $\frac{M_1}{M_2}$

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