A 100g bullet is fired from a rifle having a barrel 0.600m long. Choose the origin to be at the location where the bullet begins to move. Then the force (in newtons) exerted by the expanding gas on the bullet is 15000+10000x−25000x 2 , where x is in meters. (a) Determine the work done by the gas on the bullet as the bullet travels the length of the barrel. (b) What If? If the barrel is 1.00m long, how much work is done, and (c) how does this value compare with the work calculated in part (a)?

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A 100g bullet is fired from a rifle having a barrel 0.600m long. Choose the origin to be at the location where the bullet begins to move. Then the force (in newtons) exerted by the expanding gas on the bullet is 15000+10000x−25000x 2 , where x is in meters. (a) Determine the work done by the gas on the bullet as the bullet travels the length of the barrel. (b) What If? If the barrel is 1.00m long, how much work is done, and (c) how does this value compare with the work calculated in part (a)?

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