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Grade 12Mechanics

A spaceship of speed v travelling along +y axis suddenly shots out one fourth of its part with speed 2v along +X axis . XY axes are fired wrt to ground . The velocity of the remaining part is

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8 Years agoGrade 12
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8 Years ago
let velocity of remaining part is x
apply consvervation of momentum
mv\hat{j} = (m/4)*2v\hat{i} + 3mx/4
then x =  (4v/3)\hat{j} – (2v/3)\hat{i}
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