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Posted by Diana on Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 8:58pm.

a 10 kg gun recoils with a speed of 0.1 meter per second as it fires a 0.001kg bullet. what is the speed of the bullet as it leaves the gun

Physics - bobpursley, Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 9:09pm
Conservation of momentum:

initial momentum=final momentum
0=10kg*(-0.1m/s)+.001kg*deltaV
solve for delta V
Physics - Anonymous, Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 9:28am
10.20

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