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Posted by Jan Vosloo on Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 2:25am.

A bullet with a mass of 28g and travelling at 300m\s strikes a body with a mass of 14kg and which can move freely. The bullet remains in the body. At What velocity will the body start to move?

Engineering Science - drwls, Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 3:09am
Use the fact that the total forward momentum is conserved.
0.028* 300 = 14.028* V
Solve for final velocity, V.

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