JEE Main Physics question
A boy of mass 0.25 kg is projected with muzzle velocity 100 ms⁻¹ from a tank of mass 100 kg. What is the recoil velocity of the tank?
Answer: (D)
Solution
By conservation of momentum: 0.25 × 100 = 100 × v ⟹ v = 25/100 = 0.25 ms⁻¹.