A 50 g bullet is fired into a 2 kg ballistic gel at rest on a frictionless surface. The bullet embeds itself in the gel and begins moving at 3.5 m/s. What was the initial velocity of the bullet?

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Luciana Mckenzie

Physics

12 November, 16:04

A 50 g bullet is fired into a 2 kg ballistic gel at rest on a frictionless surface. The bullet embeds itself in the gel and begins moving at 3.5 m/s. What was the initial velocity of the bullet?

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Hanna Lowe · Answer 1

Hanna Lowe 12 November, 16:15

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The answer would be 1200m/s

Kenzie Combs · Answer 2

The initial velocity of the bullet was 3.5m per sec because on a frictionless surface a bullet can't be stopped as there is no force opposing the bullet and as the bullet must be fired in certain velocity, we can say that the initial velocity of the bullet was 3.5mper sec.