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    Determine the velocity at which the bullet-block system hits the ground.

    1. A bullet of mass 0.0020 kg and traveling at 300 m/s strikes the center of a 3.0 kg block of wood which is sitting on a fence post. The block of wood is 2.0 m above the ground. I got the velocity using the eq (m1v1 + m2v2)/Mtotal = 0.2 m/s [correct if incorrect please] I then got the...