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A gun fires a bullet vertically into a 1.40-kg block of wood at rest on a thin horizontal sheet, Fig. 7–44. If the bullet has a mass of 25.0 g and a speed of 230 m/s, how high will the block rise into the air after the bullet becomes embedded in it?

Short Answer

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The height of the block, \(h = 0.83\;{\rm{m}}\).

Step by step solution

01

Conservation of momentum

In this case, the block or bullet moves vertically, an inelastic collision occurs, and momentum is conserved. Also, after the collision, the energy is conserved in the rising of the block and bullet.

02

Given data

Given data:

The mass of the block,\(m = 1.40\;{\rm{kg}}\).

The mass of the bullet,\(m' = 25\;{\rm{g}}\).

The speed of the bullet, \(v' = 230\;{\rm{m/s}}\).

03

Calculate the height of the block

The relation to calculate the height can be written as follows:

\(v' = \frac{{m + m'}}{m}\sqrt {2gh} \)

Here,\(g\)is the gravitational acceleration, and h is the required height.

Plugging values in the above equation,

\(\begin{array}{c}230\;{\rm{m/s}} = \left( {\frac{{1.40\;{\rm{kg}} + \left( {25\;{\rm{g}} \times \frac{{1\;{\rm{g}}}}{{1000\;{\rm{g}}}}} \right)}}{{1.40\;{\rm{kg}}}}} \right)\sqrt {2\left( {9.81\;{\rm{m/}}{{\rm{s}}^2}} \right)h} \\h = 0.83\;{\rm{m}}\end{array}\)

Thus, \(h = 0.83\;{\rm{m}}\) is the height risen by the block.

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