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Homework Statement
A 10-g bullet moving at 1000 m/s strikes and passes through a 2.0 kg block initially at rest as shown in the diagram. The bullet emerges from the block with a speed of 400 m/s.
[PLAIN]http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/554/82265240.gif
To what maximum height will the block rise above its initial position?
The Attempt at a Solution
It's not a perfectly inelestic collision since the bullet doesn't embed in the block. Therefore this is an inelastic collision. During the collision some momentum is conserved so,
Momentum just before = momentum just after
And I think:
Kenetic energy just after the collision = final potential energy
[tex]\frac{1}{2} 0.01 (1000)^2 = 2 (9.81) h[/tex]
[tex]h=253.5[/tex]
But this is FAR larger than the actual answer. What's wrong??
This is not a homework problem, just revision for my exam. So any help with this is really appreciated.
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