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Two friends `A` and `B` (each weighing `40 kg`) are sitting on a frictionless platform some distance d apart. A rolls a ball of mass `4 kg` on the platform towards `B` which `B` catches. Then `B` rolls the ball towards `A` and `A` catches it. The ball keeps on moving back and forth between `A` and `B`. The ball has a fixed speed of `5 m//s` on the platform.
a. Find the speed of `A` after he rolls the ball for the first time.
b. Find the speed of `A` after he catches the ball for the first time.
c. Find the speed of `A` and `B` after the ball has made five round trips and is held by `A`.
d. How many times can `A` roll the ball?
e. Where is the centre of mass of the system `A + B +` ball at. the end of the nth trip?

A

6

B

5

C

7

D

None of these

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The correct Answer is:
A

from linear momentum conservation
`M_(A)V=m_(b)5rArr v=(4xx5)/(40)=0.5m//sAns.`
When man through the ball 6 times it velocity is greater than `5m//s` and velocity of `B` is `5m//s` thereofre maximum number of times man `A` can through the ball is `6`.
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