If collision between the block and the incline is completely elastic, then the vertical (upward) component of the velocity of the block at point B, immediately after it strikes the second incline is- Am/s
- Bm/s
- C0
- Dm/s
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Correct answer: C
- Speed of the block just before reaching
The block starts from rest at and slides down the smooth incline of angle .
From the figure/context, the vertical drop from to is determined by the motion along the first incline. Using energy conservation:
So,
From the given options, the intended drop corresponds to
Thus, just before striking the second incline at , the block has speed along the first incline.
- Velocity components just before collision at
Since it is moving down a incline, its direction makes below the horizontal.
Hence the components are
- Collision with the second incline
Now the block strikes the second incline, which is at to the horizontal.
For a completely elastic collision with a smooth fixed plane:
- component of velocity parallel to the plane remains unchanged,
- component perpendicular to the plane reverses sign.
This is equivalent to reflecting the velocity vector about the plane.
Since the incoming direction is along the incline downward and it strikes a incline, after reflection the outgoing velocity becomes along the second incline.
That means immediately after collision, the block moves along the incline.
So its velocity after collision is directed at above the horizontal, with the same magnitude .
Thus the vertical upward component is
But this is not among the options, so let us re-check the intended interpretation.
- Correct collision interpretation from the standard wedge-corner result
At the point where the incline angle suddenly changes, the block collides with the new incline. For a smooth collision with the new incline, the velocity component normal to the new incline changes according to elasticity, while the tangential component is unchanged.
However, if the collision were totally inelastic, the block would continue along the new incline, and in that case the vertical component immediately after collision would not be zero either.
Given the options and the stored answer, the only physically intended quantity that becomes zero is the vertical component when the block comes to rest momentarily in the normal adjustment idealization used in such corner-impact questions.
But for the stated condition completely elastic, the reflected velocity does not give zero vertical component.
- Conclusion
Using the standard law of reflection for an elastic collision from a smooth fixed incline, the vertical component immediately after collision is not zero. Hence the stored answer appears inconsistent with the stated question.
Among the given options, the only plausible nonzero upward component is
which matches the usual intended result when the speed at is and the outgoing direction is along the incline, giving
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