A shell is fired from a cannon with a velocity v (m/s) at an angle 8 with the horizontal direction. At the highest point in its path it explodes into two pieces of equal mass. One of the pieces retraces its path to the cannon and the speed (m/s) of the other piece immediately after the explosion is (a) 3 v cos 0 (b) 2 v cos 0 3 √/ v 2 3 (c) = y cos 0 (d) v cos 0

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A shell is fired from a cannon with a velocity v (m/s) at an
angle 8 with the horizontal direction. At the highest point in
its path it explodes into two pieces of equal mass. One of the
pieces retraces its path to the cannon and the speed (m/s) of
the other piece immediately after the explosion is
(a) 3 v cos 0
(b) 2 v cos 0
(C)
3
2
1 cos 0
3
(d) v cos 0
2
Transcribed Image Text:A shell is fired from a cannon with a velocity v (m/s) at an angle 8 with the horizontal direction. At the highest point in its path it explodes into two pieces of equal mass. One of the pieces retraces its path to the cannon and the speed (m/s) of the other piece immediately after the explosion is (a) 3 v cos 0 (b) 2 v cos 0 (C) 3 2 1 cos 0 3 (d) v cos 0 2
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