Q. A gun of mass 20 kg has bullet of mass 0.1 kg in it. The gun is free to recoil 804 J of recoil energy are released on firing the gun. The speed of bullet $(ms^{- 1})$ is

A) $\sqrt{804 \times 2010}$
B) $\sqrt{\frac{2010}{804}}$
C) $\sqrt{\frac{804}{2010}}$
D) $\sqrt{804 \times {4 \times 10}^{3}}$
Explanation

(d) Here, $m_{1} = 20$ kg,
$m_{2} = 0.1$ kg,
$v_{1} =$ velocity of recoil of gun,
$v_{2}\ =$ velocity of bullet
As $m_{1}v_{1} = m_{2}v_{2}$
$v_{1} = \frac{m_{2}}{m_{1}}v_{2} = \frac{0.1}{20}v_{2} = \frac{v_{2}}{200}$
Recoil energy of gun$= \frac{1}{2}m_{1}v_{1}^{2}$
$= \frac{1}{2} \times 20\left( \frac{v_{2}}{200} \right)^{2}$
$804 = \frac{10v_{2}^{2}}{4 \times 10^{4}} = \frac{v_{2}^{2}}{4 \times 10^{3}}$
$v_{2} = \sqrt{804 \times 4 \times 10^{3}}ms^{- 1}$

Dr. Abubacker
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Ph.D. in Physics with 19+ years of teaching experience.