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Energy Sharing. An object with mass m, initially at rest, explodes into two fragments, one with mass and the other with mass where (a) If energy Q is released in the explosion, how much kinetic energy does each fragment have immediately after the explosion? (b) What percentage of the total energy released does each fragment get when one fragment has four times the mass of the other?

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QUESTION:

Energy Sharing. An object with mass m, initially at rest, explodes into two fragments, one with mass and the other with mass where (a) If energy Q is released in the explosion, how much kinetic energy does each fragment have immediately after the explosion? (b) What percentage of the total energy released does each fragment get when one fragment has four times the mass of the other?

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Given that the mass of object at initial stage is

After the explosion, the object is explodes into two fragments

Mass of first fragment

Mass of second fragment

Where

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