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    Calculating Bullet Velocity in Inelastic Collision

    I already posted this in the General room, so sorry. It should have been in here in the first place. Here's a question for anyone out there who would really like to less-than-moderately challenge their physics skills: There is a 40 kilogram box hanging from the ceiling, at rest. A bullet with...
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    How Fast Was the Bullet in the Inelastic Collision?

    Here's a question for anyone out there who would really like to less than moderately challenge their physics skills: There is a 40 kilogram box hanging from the ceiling, at rest. A bullet with a mass of 0.01 kilogram hits it, forcing it to swing back on the ropes. As it swings back, it gets...
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