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A hunter on a frozen, essentially frictionless pond uses a rifle that shoots 4.20 g bullets at 965 m/s. The mass of the hunter (including his gun) is 72.5 kg, and the hunter holds tight to the gun after firing it. Find the recoil velocity of the hunter if he fires the rifle (a) horizontally and (b) at 56.0 degrees above the horizontal.

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(a) the recoil velocity of the hunter, if fires the rifle horizontally, is 0.056 m/s in the direction opposite to that of the bullet.

(b) the recoil velocity of the hunter, if fires the rifle at56 above the horizontal, is 0.031 m/s towards left.

Step by step solution

01

Law of conservation of momentum.

The total momentum of an isolated system remains the same during a process. The momentum of the constituents of the system may change during the process but the total momentum of system should be unchanged.

02

Law of conversation of momentum is applied as follows.

According to the law of conservation of momentum as follows:

mbvb+mhvh=mbvb'+mhvh'......1

Where,mbis the mass of the bullet,mhis the mass of the hunter,vband vhare velocities of the bullet and the hunter before firing the rifle,vb'andvh'are velocities of the bullet after firing the rifle.

According to the given condition, equation (1) becomes-

0=mbvb'+mhvh'......2

03

(a) Recoil velocity of the hunter if he fires the rifle horizontally.

The diagram according to the question, is shown below. Before firing the bullet both the bullet and gun were at rest. After the bullet is fired, both the bullet and the gun move in opposite directions with the velocitiesvh'andvb'respectively.

Before firing the bullet both the bullet and gun were at rest. After the bullet is fired, both the bullet and the gun move in opposite directions with the velocitiesvh'andvb'respectively.

Use the law of conservation of energy:

0=mbvb'+mhvh'vh'=-mbvb'mh=-4.2010-3kg965m/s72.5kg=-0.056m/s

Hence, the recoil velocity of the hunter is 0.056 m/s, opposite to the direction of motion of bullet.

04

(b) Recoil velocity of the hunter if he fires the rifle at 56 degrees above the horizontal.

The diagram according to the question,

Before firing the bullet both the bullet and gun were at rest. After the bullet is fired making an angle with the horizontal, a component of the recoil of gun will push the hunter backward.

Using the law of conservative of energy, we have-

0=mbvb'cos+mhvh'mhvh'=-mbvb'cosvb'=-mbvb'mhcos

Substituting the given values in the above equation,

=-4.2010-3kg965m/s72.5kg0.5592=-0.031m/s

Hence, the recoil velocity of the hunter, if he fires the rifle at from the horizontal, is 0.031 m/s.

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