An artillery piece of mass $M_1$ fires a shell of mass $M_2$ horizontally. Instantaneously after the firing,the ratio of kinetic energy of the artillery and that of the shell is:

  • A
    $M_1 / (M_1 + M_2)$
  • B
    $M_2 / M_1$
  • C
    $M_2 / (M_1 + M_2)$
  • D
    $M_1 / M_2$

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