JEE Main202330 Jan 2023Evening ShiftPhysicsCenter of Mass, Momentum and CollisionActual
A machine gun of mass 10 kg fires 20 g bullets at the rate of 180 bullets per minute with a speed of 100 m s – 1 each. The recoil velocity of the gun is :
Options
- A0 . 02   m   s - 1
- B2 . 5   m   s - 1
- C1 . 5   m   s - 1
- D0 . 6   m   s - 1
Correct answer
D. 0 . 6   m   s - 1
Step-by-step solution
Number of bullets fired per second 180 60 = 3 . Applying momentum conservation, we get 3 20 × 10 - 3 × 100 = 10 v ⇒ v = 0 . 6   m   s - 1