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A strip of wood mass M and length l is placedon a smooth horizontal surface. An insect ofmass m starts from rest at one end of the stripand walks to the other end in time t, movingwith a constant speed.(A) The speed of the insect as seen from the ground is

A strip of wood mass M and length l is placedon a smooth horizontal surface. An insect ofmass m starts from rest at one end of the stripand walks to the other end in time t, movingwith a constant speed.(A) The speed of the insect as seen from the ground is

Grade:11

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MeetShah
48 Points
6 years ago
The concept is that the centre of mass wouldn't change as there is no force in the horizontal direction so using equarion for velocity of centre of mass =0 and conservation of linear momentum u can solve it!! If u still dont understand just reply i will type in the solution 

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