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A bomb travelling in a parabolic path under gravity explodes in mid-air. The centre of mass of fragments will move
PhysicsCenter of Mass Momentum and CollisionNEET
Options:
  • A vertically upwards and then downwards
  • B vertically downwards
  • C in an irregular path
  • D in the parabolic path as the unexploded bomb would have travelled.
Solution:
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The correct answer is: in the parabolic path as the unexploded bomb would have travelled.
As there is no net external force in the horizontal direction, hence the motion of the centre of mass of fragments should have been as before.

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