A ball is thrown vertically downwards from a height of 20 \mathrm{~m} with an initial velocity \mathrm{V}_{0}. It collides with the ground, loses 50 percent of its energy in collision and rebounds to the same height. The initial velocity v_{0} is: (Take g=10 \mathrm{~ms}^{-2} ) (1) 10 \mathrm{~ms}^{-1} (2) 14 \mathrm{~ms}^{-1} (3) 20 \mathrm{~ms}^{-1} (4) 28 \mathrm{~ms}^{-1}
A ball is thrown vertically downwards from a height of 20 \mathrm{~m} with an initial velocity \mathrm{V}_{0}. It collides with the ground, loses 50 percent of its energy in collision and rebounds to the same height. The initial velocity v_{0} is: (Take g=10 \mathrm{~ms}^{-2} ) (1) 10 \mathrm{~ms}^{-1} (2) 14 \mathrm{~ms}^{-1} (3) 20 \mathrm{~ms}^{-1} (4) 28 \mathrm{~ms}^{-1}

Solution: (3)


\begin{array}{l} \frac{K E_{f}}{\mathbb{K E}_{i}}=\frac{1}{2} \\ \frac{V_{f}}{V_{i}}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \\ \frac{\sqrt{2 g h}}{\sqrt{V_{0}^{2}+2 g h}}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \end{array}