Centre of Mass 3 Question 6

9. A piece of wood of mass 0.03kg is dropped from the top of a 100m height building. At the same time, a bullet of mass 0.02kg is fired vertically upward with a velocity 100ms1 from the ground. The bullet gets embedded in the wood.

Then, the maximum height to which the combined system reaches above the top of the building before falling below is (Take, g=10ms2 )

(2019 Main, 10 Jan I)

(a) 20m

(b) 30m

(c) 10m

(d) 40m

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Answer:

Correct Answer: 9. (d)

Solution:

  1. Key Idea As bullet gets embedded in the block of wood so, it represents a collision which is perfectly inelastic and hence only momentum of the system is conserved.

Velocity of bullet is very high compared to velocity of wooden block so, in order to calculate time for collision, we take relative velocity nearly equal to velocity of bullet.

So, time taken for particles to collide is

t=dvrel =100100=1s

Speed of block just before collision is;

v1=gt=10×1=10ms1

Speed of bullet just before collision is

v2=ugt=10010×1=90ms1

Let v= velocity of bullet + block system, then by conservation of linear momentum, we get

(0.03×10)+(0.02×90)=(0.05)vv=30ms1

Now, maximum height reached by bullet and block is

h=v22gh=30×302×10h=45m

Height covered by the system from point of collision =45 m

Now, distance covered by bullet before collision in 1sec.

=100×112×10×12=95m

Distance of point of collision from the top of the building =10095=5m

Maximum height to which the combined system reaches above the top of the building before falling below =455=40m



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