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Archeet
Jul 5, 2014, 09:53 PM
A bullet of mass 10g is horizontally fired with a velocity 100m/s from a gun of mass 10 kg. With what linear momentum will the gun move backward?

ebaines
Jul 6, 2014, 04:58 AM
Hint: think conservation of momentum. Prior to the bullet being fired, the system of bullet + gun has zero momentum. So after the bullet is fired the sum of momentum of bullet + gun must still be zero. Can you finish it from here?