A wooden block of mass Mresting on a frictionless horizontal surface is attached to a rigid rod of length land of negligible mass, as shown in the figure to the right.The rod is pivoted at the other end. A bullet of mass mtraveling parallel to the horizontal surface and normal to the rod with speed vhits the block and becomes embedded in it.(a)What is the linear momentum of the bullet-block system?(b)What is the angular momentum of the bullet-block system?(c)Is the linear momentum conserved during the collision? Explain.(d)Is the angular momentum conserved during the collision? Explain.(b) What fraction of the original kinetic energy is lost in the collision?
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