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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 12 ms−1 and the second part of mass 2 kg moves with 8 ms−1 speed. If the third part files off with 4 ms−1 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
Just before and after the explosion Momentum of the system will be conserve.
From conservation of linear momentum:
Pi=Pf
p1+p2+p3=0

1×12i+2×8j+p3=0
12i+16^j+p3=0p3=(12i+16^j)|p3|=(12)2+(16)2=20kgm/sp3=m3V3m3=p3V3=204m3=5kg

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