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ILLUSTRATION: A particle (a mud pallet, say)of mass m strikes a smooth stationary wedge of mass M

with a velocity v0, at an angle θ with horizontal. If the collision is perfectly inelastic, find the velocity of

the wedge just after the collision.


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Solution

The correct option is C


Let the system (M + m) moves as a single mass with a velocity v.

Conserving the momentum of the system in horizontal, we have mv0cos θ = (M + m)v

This gives v = mv0cos θM + m


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