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Someone fires a 0.04 kg bullet at a block of wood that has a mass of 0.5 kg. (The block of wood is sitting on a frictionless surface, so it moves freely when the bullet hits it). The wood block is initially at rest. The bullet is traveling 300 m/s when it hits the wood block and sticks inside it. Now the bullet and the wood block move together as one object. How fast are they traveling?

Respuesta :

V final = (Mass x V initial) + (Mass x V initial) /m + m
V = (0.04 x 300) + ( 0.5 x 0 ) / 0.04 + 0.5
V = 22.2 m/s