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Grade 12Engineering Entrance Exams

A molecule of mass m moving with a velocity v makes 5 elastic collisions with a wall of the container per second. The change in its momentum per second will be_______________

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12 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Saurabh Koranglekar
6 Years ago
Change in momentum in one collision
= mv - (-mv) = 2mv
∴∴For 5 collisions, the change in momentum/sec = 10 mv
Profile image of Vikas TU
6 Years ago
Change in momentum in one collision
= mv - (-mv) = 2mv
∴ For 5 collisions, the change in momentum/sec = 10 mv

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