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25 Nov 2021
Given information
The bullet's mass,
The wood block's mass,
The bullet's initial velocity,
The wood block's initial velocity,
Final velocity of the bullet,
Step-by-step explanation
Step 1.
According to the law of momentum conservation, the momentum before a collision is equal to the momentum after a collision in an elastic collision.
Where,
= mass of the first ball
= initial velocity of the first ball
= mass of the second ball
initial velocity of the second ball
final velocity of the first ball
final velocity of the second ball
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