A uniform rod lies at rest on a frictionless horizontal surface. A particle, having a mass equal
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Date: 26/01/2020

A uniform rod lies at rest on a frictionless horizontal surface. A particle, having a mass equal to that of the rod, moves on the surface perpendicular to the rod collides with it, and finally sticks to it. The minimum loss of KE in the collision , under the given conditions, is