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A heavy steel ball of mass greater than 1 kg moving with a speed of 2 m sec1collides head on with a stationary ping-pong ball of mass less than 0.1 gm. The collision is elastic. After the collision the ping-pong ball moves approximately with speed of.

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2 m/s
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4 m/s
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2×104m/s
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2×103m/s
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Solution

The correct option is B 4 m/s
We know that when heavier body strikes elastically with a lighter body then after collision lighter body will move with double velocity than that of the heavier body.
i.e,
the ping pong ball will move with a speed of 2×2=4m/s

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