Two masses 𝑚1 = 4 𝑔𝑚 and 𝑚2 = 25 𝑔𝑚 are having same kinetic energy, find the ratio of linear momentum ?
(a) 1 : 5
(b) 2 : 5
(c) 1 : 1
(d) 1 : 6
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Two masses 𝑚1 = 4 𝑔𝑚 and 𝑚2 = 25 𝑔𝑚 are having same kinetic energy,Two masses 𝑚1 = 4 𝑔𝑚 and 𝑚2 = 25 𝑔𝑚 are having same kinetic energy, find the ratio of linear momentum ?
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Given:
Mass of object 1, \( m_1 = 4 \, \text{g} \)
Mass of object 2, \( m_2 = 25 \, \text{g} \)
Let \( v_1 \) be the velocity of object 1 and \( v_2 \) be the velocity of object 2.
Kinetic energy (\( KE \)) of an object is given by the formula:
\[ KE = \frac{1}{2} \cdot m \cdot v^2 \]
Since the kinetic energies of both objects are the same, we have:
\[ \frac{1}{2} \cdot m_1 \cdot v_1^2 = \frac{1}{2} \cdot m_2 \cdot v_2^2 \]
Given that the kinetic energies are equal, we can cancel out the factor of \( \frac{1}{2} \) from both sides:
\[ m_1 \cdot v_1^2 = m_2 \cdot v_2^2 \]
We need to find the ratio of linear momentum, which is given by:
\[ \text{Ratio of linear momentum} = \frac{p_1}{p_2} = \frac{m_1 \cdot v_1}{m_2 \cdot v_2} \]
From the equation \( m_1 \cdot v_1^2 = m_2 \cdot v_2^2 \), we can solve for \( \frac{v_1}{v_2} \):
\[ \frac{v_1}{v_2} = \sqrt{\frac{m_2}{m_1}} \]
Substituting this into the ratio of linear momentum equation:
\[ \text{Ratio of linear momentum} = \frac{m_1 \cdot \sqrt{\frac{m_2}{m_1}}}{m_2} \]
\[ \text{Ratio of linear momentum} = \sqrt{\frac{m_1}{m_2}} \]
Substituting the given values of \( m_1 \) and \( m_2 \):
\[ \text{Ratio of linear momentum} = \sqrt{\frac{4 \, \text{g}}{25 \, \text{g}}} = \sqrt{\frac{4}{25}} = \frac{2}{5} \]
Therefore, the ratio of linear momentum is \( \frac{2}{5} \), which corresponds to option (b).