Question:A thin block of soft wood with a mass of 0.0840
kg rests on a horizontal...
Question
A thin block of soft wood with a mass of 0.0840
kg rests on a horizontal...
A thin block of soft wood with a mass of 0.0840
kg rests on a horizontal frictionless surface. A bullet with a mass
of
4.67 g
is fired with a speed of
558 m/s
at a block of wood and passes completely through it. The speed of
the block is
17.0 m/s
immediately after the bullet exits the block.
(a) Determine the speed of the bullet as it exits the block.
m/s
(b) Determine if the final kinetic energy of this system (block and
bullet) is equal to, less than, or greater than the initial kinetic
energy.
equal to the
initial kinetic energyless than the
initial kinetic energy greater than the
initial kinetic energy
(c) Verify your answer to part (b) by calculating the initial and
final kinetic energies of the system.