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A gun of mass `M`. fires a shell of mass `m` horizontally and the energy of explosion is such as would be sufficient to project the shell vertically to a height `'h'` . The recoil velocity of the gun is

A

`sqrt((2m^2 gh)/(M(M+m)) )`

B

`sqrt((2m^2 gh)/(m(M+m)))`

C

`sqrt((2Mgh)/((M+m)))`

D

`sqrt((2mgh)/((M+m)) )`

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