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Physics System of Particles Rotational Motion Centre of Mass MCQ (Single Correct)

A bomb at rest explodes in three segments of unequal masses. The most general description of the final state is that:

A
the fragments fly off in any arbitrary direction.
B
the fragments fly off in such a way that there directions lie in the same plane.
C
two of the three must go opposite to each other.
D
two of the three must fly off at right angles to each other.

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The correct answer is:
B

For the momentum to remain conserved all the fragments should finally move in a single plane as for three vectors to give a resultant = 0, they should form a triangle.

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