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A bullet of mass m moving horizontally with speed v0 hits a wooden block of mass M that is suspended from a massless string. The bullet gets lodged into the block and comes into halt. If the block-bullet combine swings to a maximum height h then how much of the initial kinetic energy of the bullet is lost in the collision?
PhysicsCenter of Mass Momentum and CollisionTS EAMCETTS EAMCET 2020 (09 Sep Shift 1)
Options:
  • A 12mv02Mm+M
  • B 12mv02M+mM
  • C 12mv02M2m+M2
  • D 12mv02M+m2M2
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The correct answer is: 12mv02Mm+M

Given: Mass of bullet m, the velocity of bullet v0 and mass of the wooden block M.

Let the velocity of the bullet after the collision with the wooden block be v

Applying the law of conservation of momentum, we obtain

mv0=M+mv

v=mv0M+m

Now applying the law of conservation of mechanical energy, we obtain

12mv02=mgh

Putting the value of v in the above equation, we get  

12M+mmv0M+m2=M+mgh

Maximum height of the block-bullet system h=12mv02Mm+M

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