An object flying in air with velocity 
suddenly breaks in two pieces whose masses are in the ratio 
. The smaller mass flies off with a velocity 
. The velocity of the larger piece will be [NEET 2019]
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Let 
be the mass of an object flying with velocity 
in air. When it splits into two pieces of
masses in ratio 
, the mass of smaller piece is 
and of bigger piece is 
.
This situation can be interpreted diagrammatically as below
According to conservation of momentum,
Total momentum (before breaking) = Total momentum (after breaking)
Here,
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