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Laws of Conservation

Problem 1.163

A body of mass MM (Fig. 1.43) with a small disc of mass mm placed on it rests on a smooth horizontal plane. The disc is set in motion in the horizontal direction with velocity vv. To what height (relative to the initial level) will the disc rise after breaking off the body M?M ? The friction is assumed to be absent.

Reveal Answer
h=Mv2/2g(M+m)h=M v^{2} / 2 g(M+m)