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#1 2024-01-09 06:16:25

tony123
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A bullet

A bullet with a mass of 20 grams is horizontally fired at a body with a mass of 100 grams, suspended by a string with a length of 6 meters, . The bullet comes to rest in the body. Find the vertical distance that the combined system of the body and the bullet moves after the collision

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#2 2024-01-10 19:26:26

KerimF
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Re: A bullet

It seems you forgot to add the initial speed of the bullet.
I guess this speed is also assumed constant (no friction).

Last edited by KerimF (2024-01-10 19:28:18)


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#3 2024-01-11 08:06:53

tony123
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Re: A bullet

KerimF wrote:

It seems you forgot to add the initial speed of the bullet.
I guess this speed is also assumed constant (no friction).


Im sorry v=58.8m/s

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#4 2024-01-12 01:36:01

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Re: A bullet

I think you can do this by energy.

First use mv = (m +M)V to calculate the velocity of the combined mass.

So initial kinetic energy = 1/2 (m + M) V^2

If it rises to a height of h above the start position, then all this energy is converted to potential energy = (m + M)gh.

My only worry about this is I haven't used the length of the string.

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#5 2024-01-12 03:48:17

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Re: A bullet

Kinetic energy = K.E. = m*v^2/2
Potential gravitational energy = P.E. = (m+M)*g*h

Based on the energy conservation, we can write (since the exercise is about an ideal situation):
m*v^2/2 = (m+M)*g*h
therefore:
h = m*v^2/(m+M)/g/2


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