Velocity of bullet fired from a gun

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The discussion focuses on calculating the velocity, height, and time of a projectile fired vertically from a gun. Using a mass of 0.6 kg and a force of 50 N, the initial acceleration is determined to be 83.33 m/s². The velocity upon leaving the barrel is calculated as 41.67 m/s, with a maximum height of 88.5 m reached before descending. The total time for the projectile to return to the original height is confirmed to be 8.5 seconds.

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1. Anyone interested in looking over the question / coments, thanks. An object mass 0.6kg is fired vertically upward in thebarrel of a gun by a vertical force of 50N acting over a period of 0.5 seconds.
Calculate
A. The velocity of the projectile when it leaves the barrel
B. Height reached by object
c. Time taken from the projectile leaving the gun to return to same height




2. a=f/m, V=Vo + AT, V^2=U^2+2AS



3. A. First velocity, A=F/M, 50/0.6 = 83.33m/s^2
Velocity, V=Vo+AT, V=0+83.33 x 0.5 = 41.67ms

B. Height: U=41.67, Vo=0, A=-G = -9.81m/s
0=1736.4-19.62xS
S=1736.4/19.62 = 88.5m

C. S=(T/2)(U+V), 88.5 = T/2 (41.67+0)
T=88.5 x 2 x 2/41.67 = 4.25 seconds
Time to return = 2 x 4.25 = 8.5 seconds
 
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Your calculations are correct.
 

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