a 6.00 gg bullet is fired horizontally into a 1.20 kgkg wooden block resting on a horizontal surface. the coefficient of kinetic friction between block and surface is 0.200. the bullet remains embedded in the block, which is observed to slide 0.200 mm along the surface before stopping. (a) What was teh initial speed of the bullet?
(b) What kind of collision took place between the bullet and the block? Explain your answer comparing the values of the kinetic energy before and after the collision.
(c) Calculate the impulse of the block from the moment just after the impact to his final position. Analyze the result.

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The initial speed of the bullet should be 159.32 m/s.

What was the initial speed of the bullet?

Let the initial speed of the bullet be V.

Momentum will be conserved after bullet hits the block . If v₁ be the common velocity of bullet block system

6.00 x 10⁻³ x V + 0 = ( 6 x 10⁻³ + 1.2 ) v₁

= ( 6 + 1200 ) x 10⁻³ v₁

v₁ = (6 / 1206 )  x V

1 / 201 V

Now the moving bullet - block system faces friction force and ultimately they come to rest , so

Kinetic energy of bullet block system = work done by friction

Kinetic energy of bullet block system =

1/2 x ( 6 + 1200 ) x 10⁻³  x ( 1 / 201 V )²

work done by friction

= frictional force x displacement

μ mg x d ( μ is coefficient of friction of surface , m is mass of the bullet block system and d is displacement )

0.16 x ( 6 + 1200 ) x 10⁻³ x 9.8   x .2

= 38.592 x 9.8 x   10⁻³

1/2 x ( 6 + 1200 ) x 10⁻³  x ( 1 / 201 )² V ² =

= 38.592 x 9.8  X  10⁻³

V² = 25382.65

V = 159.32  ms⁻¹

What kind of collision took place and calculate the impulse of the block?

The impulse of the friction force produced by the surface during the impact is disregarded when we apply conservation of momentum to the collision. This makes sense given that the force is far less than the forces that the bullet and block will exert on one another when they collide. The block moves after the collision and is affected by this force, which removes all of the kinetic energy.

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