Work Energy and Power - Result Question 15
17. A person holding a rifle (mass of person and rifle together is ) stands on a smooth surface and fires 10 shots horizontally, in . Each bullet has a mass of with a muzzle velocity of . The final velocity acquired by the person and the average force exerted on the person are [NEET Kar. 2013]
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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Answer:
Correct Answer: 17. (c)
Solution:
- (c) According to law of conservation of momentum
According to work energy theorem,
Average work done
kinetic energy
i.e.,