The bob A of a pendulum released from horizontal to the vertical hits another bob B of the same mass at rest on a table as shown in Fig. 6.13. If the length of the pendulum is 1m, calculate
(a) The height to which bob A will rise after collision.
(b) The speed with which bob B starts moving. Neglect the size of the bobs and assume the collision to be elastic.
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When the ball A reaches bottom point its velocity in horizontal direction
(a) two balls have same mass and the collision between them is elastic therefore ball A transfers its entire linear momentum to ball B. hence ball A will come
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(b, d) When a man of mass m climbs up the staircases of height L, work done by the gravitational force on the man is mgl work done by internal muscular forces will be mgL as the change in kinetic is almost zero.