6) A massless spring, with force constant k=191N/m, connects a wall and a block of wood. The system is initially at rest with the spring neither stretched nor compressed. The block has mass M=54.2g and is free to move without friction on a table. A gun is positioned to fire a bullet of mass m=6.86g into the block along the spring axis. After the gun is fired, the bullet gets embedded in the block, and the spring is compressed a maximum distance d=0.857m. b) What is the speed, in meters per second, of the bullet before it enters the block? c) What is the frequency, in hertz, of the resulting periodic motion of the block/bullet and spring system?

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6) A massless spring, with force constant k=191N/m, connects a wall and a block of wood. The system is initially at rest with the spring neither stretched nor compressed. The block has mass M=54.2g and is free to move without friction on a table. A gun is positioned to fire a bullet of mass m=6.86g into the block along the spring axis. After the gun is fired, the bullet gets embedded in the block, and the spring is compressed a maximum distance d=0.857m.

b) What is the speed, in meters per second, of the bullet before it enters the block? 

c) What is the frequency, in hertz, of the resulting periodic motion of the block/bullet and spring system? 

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Write the momentum conservation equation.

mu1+Mu2=(m+M)vmu1+M(0)=(m+M)vv=(mm+M)u1

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