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When a bomb at rest explodes into two pieces, momentum is conserved . Initially, the total momentum is zero , so after the explosion, the vector sum of the momenta of the two fragments must also be zero .  Let   Masses of fragments  m1 and m2  Velocities after explosion  v1 and v2   From conservation of linear momentum  m1 v1 m2 v20  m1 v1   m2 v2  This implies   The momenta are equal and opposite.  The heavier fragment will have lower speed than the lighter one to maintain this equality.   But more importantly, the total momentum remains zero even though the individual momenta are nonzero and opposite.

A bomb at rest explodes into two pieces of unequal masses. Which of the following is necessarily true about the motion of the fragments?

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