Question A shell is launched from a cannon and explodes mid-air. Which ofthe following is correct after the explosion?Since the explosion exerts external forces on the shell, neitherits horizontal momentum nor its vertical momentum is conserved.Since the explosion exerts only internal forces on the shell,both its horizontal and vertical momenta are conserved.Since the explosion exerts only internal forces on the shell,but gravity is an external force, neither its horizontal momentumnor its vertical momentum is conserved.Since the explosion exerts only internal forces on the shell,but gravity is an external force, its horizontal momentum isconserved but its vertical momentum is not conserved.Since the explosion exerts only internal forces on the shell,but gravity is an external force, its vertical momentum isconserved but its horizontal momentum is not conserved.

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A shell is launched from a cannon and explodes mid-air. Which of the following is correct after the explosion?

Since the explosion exerts external forces on the shell, neither its horizontal momentum nor its vertical momentum is conserved.

Since the explosion exerts only internal forces on the shell, both its horizontal and vertical momenta are conserved.

Since the explosion exerts only internal forces on the shell, but gravity is an external force, neither its horizontal momentum nor its vertical momentum is conserved.

Since the explosion exerts only internal forces on the shell, but gravity is an external force, its horizontal momentum is conserved but its vertical momentum is not conserved.

Since the explosion exerts only internal forces on the shell, but gravity is an external force, its vertical momentum is conserved but its horizontal momentum is not conserved.

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A canon explodes mid air. That means when the shot is fired canon was in rest so the initial momentum will be zero. After firing the shot there is no external force is working. Only internal forces are working therefore the momentum will be conserved.{:[ ... See the full answer