PHYSICS

FIITJEE

CONSERVATION OF MOMENTUM

Example

1. A carpet of unit mass an unit length is laid

on the floor. One end of the carpet is bent

back and then pulled backwards with

constants. Unit velocity, just above the part of

the carpet which is still at rest on the floor.

Find the speed of the centre of mass of the

moving part. What is the minimum force

needed to pull the moving part ?

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2. P QR is a wedge fixed to the floor. Two

blocks A & B of equal mass m = 1kg is

placed on either side of wedge connected

through a string passing over the pulley P .

Initially PB = PA . Another block C of mass

m = 1kg moving with a velocity 10m / s

collides inelasically with A. All the surfaces are

smooth and pulley & string are massless.

(a) What should be the minimum length of the

string AB so that block A does not hit the

pulley ?

(b) What is the loss in meechanical energy

from the instant C hits A to the instant when

B starts moving upward ? (g = 10m / s
2
)

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3. An elastic ball of mass ' m' is suspended

from a fixed point by an inextensible string. A

small particle of same mass m , moving

downwards at an angle of 37
∘
with the

vertical lits the ball directly with the velocity v 0

. If the coefficient of restitution is 4 / 5,

(i) find the velocity of the ball just after the

impact.

(ii) determine the impulsive tension(i.e

impulse) in the string at the instant of

collision.

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4. A ball is projected from a point in a

horizontal plane so as to strike a vertical wall

at right angle A .after rebounding from the

wall it strikes the horizontal plane once and

returns to the point of projection just before

second collision at horizontal surface. Find co-

efficient of restitution for the two collisions,

assuming it to be same for both the collision.

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5. A tiny ball of mass m is released from the

state of rest over a large smooth sphere of

mass M and radius R , which is at rest on a

smooth horizontal surface. If the ball strikes

the sphere perfectly inelastically, find their

velocities after collision.

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6. A point objects of mass m is slipping down

on a smooth hemispherical body of mass M

and radius R. The point object is tied to a wall

with an ideal string as shown. At a certain

instant, speed of the hemisphere is v and its

acceleration is a. Then speed vp and

acceleration a of a particle has value (Assume

p

all the surfaces in contact are frictionless)

A. vP
= vsin 60
∘

B. vP
= v
 C. a P
= a

D.

 2
 2 2
 v √3 a
aP = [( ) + (a )] + ( )
⎷ 2 2
R

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7. An iron ball of mass m, suspended by a light

inextensible string of length l from a fixed

point O , is shifted by θ0 as shown so as to

strike the vertical wail perpendicularly.The

maximum angle made by the string with

vertical after the first collision, if e is the

coefficient of restitution, is

A. sin −1 2
{1 − e (1 − cos θ0 )}

B. cos −1 2
{1 − e (1 − cos θ0 )}
 C. tan −1 2
{1 − e (1 − cos θ0 )}

D. zero

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8. A particle of mass m is released from height

‘h’ on smooth quarter circular fixed wedge. The

horizontal surface AB following the circular

path at bottom of wedge is rough with

coefficient of friction μ between surface and

m. Find the distance from A where the mass

will stop.

2h
A.
μ

h
B.
μ

h
C.
μg

D. none of these
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9. A ping-pong ball of mass m is floating in air

by a jet of water emerging out of a nozzle. If

the water strikes the ping-gong ball with a

speed v and just after collision water falls

dead, the rate of flow of water in the nozzle is

equal to

2mg
A.
v
 mv
B.
g

mg
C.
v

D. None of these

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10. A block of mass m is pushed towards a

movable wedge of mass 2 m and height h with

a velocity u . All surfaces are smooth . The

minimum value of u for which the block will

reach the top of the wedge is

A. √2gh

B. n2gh

1
C. √2gh(1 + )
n

1
D. √2gh(1 − )
n

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11. A circular are (AB) of thin wire frame of

radius R and mass M makes an angle of 90

∘

at the origin.The centre of mass of the arc lies

at

A. [0, (2 / π)R]

B. [0, (√2 / π)R]

C. [0, (2√2 / π)R]

 D. [0, (4 / π)R]

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12. From a 16cm × 8cm rectangular uniform

plane sheet, exactly one quarter of the sheet is

removed as shown in figure. If the origin be

taken at the centre of the sheet considered as

shown in the figure the coordinates of the

centre of mass of the remaining sheet is

A. (4 / 3, 2 / 3)

B. (0, 2 / 3)

C. (4 / 3, 0)

D. ( − 4 / 3, − 2 / 3)

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13. A block B is at rest on the rough horizontal

surface as shown. Another block A collides

with B . Then, which of the following

statement is correct?

(i) Impulsive friction acts on block B.

(ii) Conservation of momentum can not be

applied on a system (A + B) along x − axis

for the situation just before and just after the

collision.

(iii) Conservation of momentum can be

applied on system (A + B) along x − axis

for the situation just before and just after the

collision.

(iv) Block A always moves along positive

x − axis after collision.

A. (i) and (ii)

B. (i), (ii) and (iv)

C. (i)(iv)

D. (iii)
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14. An infinite number of bricks are placed one

over the other as shown in the figure . Each

succeeding brick having half the length and

breadth of its preceding brick and the mass of

1
each succeeding bricks being th of the
4

preceding one . Take 'O' as the origin . The x -

coordinate of centre of mass of the system of

bricks is :

A. − a / 7

B. 3a / 7

C. − 3a / 7

D. − 2a / 7

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15. A particle strikes a smooth horizontal

surface at an angle of 45
∘
with a velocity of

100m / s and rebounds. If the coefficient of

restitution between the floor and the particle

is 0.57 then the angle which the velocity of the

particle after it rebounds will make with the

floor is

A. 30 ∘

B. 45 ∘

C. 60 ∘
 D. 90 ∘

Answer:

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