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A Particle Of Mass ‘m’ Moving With Velocity ‘V’ Collides Head-On With Another Particle Of Mass ‘2m’, Which Was At Rest. If The Collision Is Perfectly Inelastic, Find Out The Velocity Of The Composite Particle.

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A particle of mass m collides head-on with another particle of mass 2m .

The velocity of the particle of mass m is V ,
and the velocity of the particle of mass 2m is zero.

The collision is perfectly inelastic. after collision the two bodies together behave like one body, so the velocity after collision of the two bodies will be same. Let V_1 be the velocity of the composite particle after collision.

According to the conservation of linear momentum,

mV+2m\cdot{0}=(m+2m)V_1

or, mV=3mV_1

or, V_1=\frac{1}{3}V

So the velocity of the composite particle is \frac{V}{3} .

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