An alpha –particle of mass m suffers 1-dimensional elastic collision with a nucleus at rest of unknown mass. It is scattered directly backwards losing, 
of its initial kinetic energy. The mass of the nucleus is:
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D
JEE Main 2019
Using conservation of momentum,
The collision is elastic. So,
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