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JEE Main 2018Rotational Motion Question with Solution

From: JEE Main 2018 (Online) 15th April Evening Slot

Question

A thin uniform bar of length and mass m lies on a smooth horizontal table. Two point masses m and 2 m are moving in the same horizontal plane from opposite sides of the bar with speeds 2 and respectively. The masses stick to the bar after collision at a distance and respectively from the center of the bar. If the br starts rotating about its center of mass as a result of collision, the angular speed of the bar will be :
JEE Main 2018 (Online) 15th April Evening Slot Physics - Rotational Motion Question 202 English

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Step-by-step explanation

Centre of mass after the collision will be at O. Therefore,

Now, using conservation of angular momentum, we get

Therefore,

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