this is how i solved it and got the answer to be A but the answer is given as D
if you get D please work out the solution and also explain where i made the mistake!
cheers!
A circular ring of mass M and radius a is placed in a gravity free space. A small particle of mass m is placed on the axis of the ring at a distance √3a from the centre of the ring is released from rest. the velocity of the particle when it crosses the centre of the ring?
the options are :
this is how i solved it and got the answer to be A but the answer is given as D
if you get D please work out the solution and also explain where i made the mistake!
cheers!
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Ring is also free to move..
let velocity of ring be v2 and particle v
then GMm/2a=mv2/2+Mv12/2 ...(i)
conservation of momentum mv=Mv1
putting value of v1 in (i)
we get v=\sqrt{\frac{GM}{a}(\frac{M}{M+m})}
hence (d)