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mattgad
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Homework Statement
A bullet of mass 0.03kg is fired from a gun with a horizontal velocity of 400 ms^-1.
Find the momentum of the bullet after it is fired. If the gun is then brought to rest in 1.2s by a horizontal force which rises uniformly from zero to B N and then falls uniformly to zero, find the value of B.
Homework Equations
Impulse = force * time.
The Attempt at a Solution
Momentum of the bullet = 0.03 * 400 = 12 kg ms^-1, taking the direction of the bullet to be positive. So momentum of the gun is also 12 kg ms^-1.
Now, the problem, my friends have all jumped in and said as I = ft, then 12 = F*1.2, so F = 10 N. Why is this? How have we gone from the information given about rising uniformly to B and then back again, to just using that equation? Also, why is the impulse just the same as the momentum?
Also, I was thinking, don't we need to double this? Is 10 N not the force to rise up, and the same is needed to come back down?
Hope this post makes sense, thanks for help.