A device consisting of four heavy balls connected by low-mass rods is free to rotate about an axle. It is initially not spinning. A small bullet traveling very fast buries itself in one of the balls. In the diagram, m = 0.003 kg, v = 350 m/s, M = 1.4 kg, M0.4 kg, R = 0.7 m, and R = 0.4 m. The axle of the device is at the origin (0, 0, 0), and the bullet strikes at location (0.228, 0.662, 0) m.
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