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Posted by maximillion on Monday, January 31, 2011 at 3:51pm.

a 35 kg bullet strikes a 5 kg wooden block and embeds itself in the block. the block and bullet slide off together at 8.6 m/s. what was the original velocity of the bullet?

physics - drwls, Monday, January 31, 2011 at 4:26pm
Write the linear momentum conservation equation and solve for the unknown bullet velocity.

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