a rifle bullet with mass 40.00 g strikes and embeds itself in a block with mass 2.0 kg that rests on a frictionless, horizontal surface and is attached to a coil spring. The impact compresses the spring 0.2 m. The spring constant k=300 N/m. Find the initial velocity of the bullet.
a rifle bullet with mass 40.00 g strikes and embeds itself in a block with mass 2.0 kg that rests on a frictionless, horizontal surface and is attached to a coil spring. The impact compresses the spring 0.2 m. The spring constant k=300 N/m. Find the initial velocity of the bullet.
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Transcribed Image Text:a rifle bullet with mass 40.00 g strikes and
embeds itself in a block with mass 2.0 kg that
rests on a frictionless, horizontal surface and is
attached to a coil spring. The impact
compresses the spring 0.2 m. The spring
constant k=300 N/m. Find the initial velocity of
the bullet.
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