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sweetpete28
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A bullet of mass m = 19.7 g traveling horizontally at speed vo = 445 m/s strikes a block of mass M = 854 g sitting on a frictionless, horizontal table. The bullet comes out the other side of the block at speed v = 415 m/s. What is the speed of the block after the bullet exits the block?
Using conservation of momentum, I have the following equation but there are two unknowns (v'1 and v'2) so I need 2 equations but am kind of lost as to what should be my second equation? Can someone please help?
m1v1 + m2v2 = m1v'1 + m2v'2
(.0197kg)(445m/s) + (.854kg)(0) = (.0197kg)v'1 + (.854kg)v'2
8.7665 = .0197v'1 + .854v'2
Using conservation of momentum, I have the following equation but there are two unknowns (v'1 and v'2) so I need 2 equations but am kind of lost as to what should be my second equation? Can someone please help?
m1v1 + m2v2 = m1v'1 + m2v'2
(.0197kg)(445m/s) + (.854kg)(0) = (.0197kg)v'1 + (.854kg)v'2
8.7665 = .0197v'1 + .854v'2