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Grade 9Mechanics

A uniform rod of length L lies on the smooth horizontal table. A particle moving on the table strikes the rod perpendicularly at the end and stops. Find the distance travelled by the centre of the rod by the time it turns through a right angle. Show that if the mass of the rod is four times that of the particle, the collision is elastic.

Profile image of Vrushabh Zinage
13 Years agoGrade 9
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Profile image of mohit yadav
13 Years ago

the distance travelled is pie/3