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• A gun fires a bullet vertically into a 1.65 kg block of wood at rest on a thin horizontal sheet. If the bullet has a mass of 85.0 g and a speed of 260 m/s, (a) what is the velocity of the bullet-block system after the collision? (b) how high will the block rise into the air after the bullet becomes embedded in it? 15.74 m/s, 10.28 m 12.74 m/s, 8.28 m 10.74 m/s, 3.28 m 12.74 m/s, 2.28 m

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          • A gun fires a bullet vertically into a 1.65 kg block of wood at rest on a thin horizontal sheet. If the bullet has a mass of 85.0 g and a speed
of 260 m/s, (a) what is the velocity of the bullet-block system after the collision? (b) how high will the block rise into the air after the
bullet becomes embedded in it?
15.74 m/s, 10.28 m
12.74 m/s, 8.28 m
10.74 m/s, 3.28 m
12.74 m/s, 2.28 m

a gun fires a bullet vertically into a 165 kg block of wood at rest on a thin horizontal sheet if the bullet has a mass of 850 g and a speed of 260 ms a what is the velocity of the bullet bl 89548

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03/28/2023

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We can use the conservation of momentum principle. The momentum before the collision is equal to the momentum after the collision. $$m_b v_b + m_w v_w = (m_b + m_w) v_f$$ where $m_b$ is the mass of the bullet, $v_b$ is the velocity of the bullet, $m_w$ is the mass Show more…

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• A gun fires a bullet vertically into a 1.65 kg block of wood at rest on a thin horizontal sheet. If the bullet has a mass of 85.0 g and a speed of 260 m/s, (a) what is the velocity of the bullet-block system after the collision? (b) how high will the block rise into the air after the bullet becomes embedded in it? 15.74 m/s, 10.28 m 12.74 m/s, 8.28 m 10.74 m/s, 3.28 m 12.74 m/s, 2.28 m