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Two masses of $1 \mathrm{gm}$ and $4 \mathrm{gm}$ are moving with equal kinetic energies. The ratio of the magnitudes of their linear momenta is
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$1: 2$
$P=\sqrt{2 m E}$. If $E$ are same then $P \propto \sqrt{m}$
$\Rightarrow \frac{P_1}{P_2}=\sqrt{\frac{m_1}{m_2}}=\sqrt{\frac{1}{4}}=\frac{1}{2}$
$\Rightarrow \frac{P_1}{P_2}=\sqrt{\frac{m_1}{m_2}}=\sqrt{\frac{1}{4}}=\frac{1}{2}$
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