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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

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A 0.050-kilogram bullet is fired from a 4.0-kilogram rifle that is initially at rest. If the bullet leaves the rifle with momentum having a magnitude of 20 kg m/s, the rifle will recoil with a momentum of what?

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Write the given values with suitable variables.

$\begin{array}{rcl} m_{b} & = & 0.05 kg \\ m_{r} & = & 4 kg \\ p_{b} & = & 20 kg . m / s \end{array}$

Here, $m_{b}$ denotes the bullet's mass, $m_{r}$ denotes the rifle's mass, and $p_{b}$ denotes the momentum of the bullet.

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