CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2006

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    A running man has the same kinetic energy as that of a boy of half his mass. The man speeds up by\[2\text{ }m{{s}^{-1}}\]and the boy changes his speed by \[x\text{ }m{{s}^{-1}},\]so that the kinetic energies of the boy and the man are again equal. Then\[x\]in\[m{{s}^{-1}}\]is:

    A)  \[-2\sqrt{2}\]                   

    B)         \[+2\sqrt{2}\]

    C)  \[\sqrt{2}\]                       

    D)         2

    E)  \[1/\sqrt{2}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Let\[{{v}_{M}}\]is velocity of man,\[{{v}_{B}}\]of boy, then kinetic energy \[K=\frac{1}{2}M{{v}^{2}}M=\frac{1}{2}.\frac{M}{2}.v_{B}^{2}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[v_{M}^{2}=\frac{v_{B}^{2}}{2}\]                          ...(1) \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\sqrt{2}{{v}_{M}}={{v}_{B}}\] When man speeds up\[2\text{ }m{{s}^{-1}}\]and boy changes his speed by\[x\text{ }m{{s}^{-1}}\]. Then, \[\frac{1}{2}M{{({{v}_{M}}+2)}^{2}}=\frac{1}{2}.\frac{M}{2}.{{({{v}_{B}}+x)}^{2}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[{{({{v}_{M}}+2)}^{2}}=\frac{{{({{v}_{B}}+x)}^{2}}}{2}\]                                ?. (2) From Eq. (1), we have                 \[2{{({{v}_{M}}+2)}^{2}}={{(\sqrt{2}{{v}_{M}}+x)}^{2}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\sqrt{2}({{v}_{M}}+2)=\sqrt{2}{{v}_{M}}+x\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[+2\sqrt{2}=x\]


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