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monashah
Jun 4, 2008, 06:39 PM
A bullet of mass 0.0019 kg moving at 498 m/s embeds itself in a large fixed piece of wood and travels 0.66 m before coming to rest. Assume that the deceleration of the bullet is constant.

Capuchin
Jun 4, 2008, 07:29 PM
same as the force the bullet exerts on the bullet, use F = ma

kesavan
Jun 7, 2008, 09:04 AM
initial velocity =498
final velocity =0
distance=0.66
so you can find acceleration
using F=ma, you can find force