MCQ
A shell is fired from a cannon, it explodes in mid air, its total:
- AMomentum increases.
- BMomentum decreases.
- ✓$K.E.$ increases.
- D$K.E.$ decreases.
✓
Answer
Correct option: C.
$K.E.$ increases.
On explosion, $K.E.$ increases, as chemical energy of explosives is converted into $K.E.$
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