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$2.7.41.$ A thin rod of mass $m$ and length $l$ lies on a smooth horizontal surface. A plasticine ball of mass $m$ with a velocity $v$ perpendicular to the rod hits one of its ends and sticks to it. How much heat will be released from such an impact?
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After collision they will move as a unit, rotating around the centre of mass, which is at a distance $l/4$ from the contact point of the balls
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<title>A thin rod of mass m and length l lies on a smooth horizontal surface. A plasticine ball of mass m with a velocity v perpendicular to the rod hits one of its ends and sticks to it. How much heat will be released from such an impact?</title>
$2.7.41.$ A thin rod of mass $m$ and length $l$ lies on a smooth horizontal surface. A plasticine ball of mass $m$ with a velocity $v$ perpendicular to the rod hits one of its ends and sticks to it. How much heat will be released from such an impact?
$2.7.41.$ A thin rod of mass $m$ and length $l$ lies on a smooth horizontal surface. A plasticine ball of mass $m$ with a velocity $v$ perpendicular to the rod hits one of its ends and sticks to it. How much heat will be released from such an impact?
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Collision of a ball with a rod
Collision of a ball with a rod
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After collision they will move as a unit, rotating around the centre of mass, which is at a distance $l/4$ from the contact point of the balls
After collision they will move as a unit, rotating around the centre of mass, which is at a distance $l/4$ from the contact point of the balls
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