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An explosion breaks a rock into three parts in a horizontal plane. Two of them go off at right angles to each other. The first part of mass 1 kg moves with a speed of 12ms1 and the second part of mass 2 kg moves with 8ms1 speed. If the third part flies off with 4ms1 speed, then its mass is

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3 kg
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5 kg
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7 kg
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17 kg
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Solution

The correct option is B 5 kg
P1+P2+P3=0
1×12^i+2×8^j+P3=0
P3=(12^i+16^j)
P3=122+162=20kgms1
m3=P3v3=5kg

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