Homework Help: Physics

Posted by Elizabeth on Monday, October 22, 2012 at 7:37pm.

The lead female character in the movie Diamonds Are Forever is standing at the edge of an offshore oil rig. As she fires a gun, she is driven back over the edge and into the sea. Suppose the mass of a bullet is 0.015 kg, and its velocity is +726 m/s. Her mass (including the gun) is 53 kg.

(a) What recoil velocity does she acquire in response to a single shot from a stationary position, assuming that no external force keeps her in place?

(b) Under the same assumption, what would be her recoil velocity if, instead, she shoots a blank cartridge that ejects a mass of 5.0 10-4 kg at a velocity of +726 m/s?

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