An explosion breaks a rock into three parts in a horizontal plane. Two of them go off at right angles to each other. The first part of mass 1 kg moves with a speed of 12 ms-1 and the second part of mass 2Kg moves with 8 ms-1 speed. If the third part files off with 4 ms-1 speed, then its mass is
An explosion breaks a rock into three parts in a horizontal plane. Two of them go off at right angles to each other. The first part of mass 1 kg moves with a speed of 12 ms-1 and the second part of mass 2Kg moves with 8 ms-1 speed. If the third part files off with 4 ms-1 speed, then its mass is

Option A 17 kg
Option B 3 kg
Option C 5 kg
Option D 7 kg

Solution: Correct Option C

Just before and after the explosion Momentum of the system will be conserved. This conclusion follows from the law of conservation of momentum.