A 0.0147-kg bullet is fired straight up at a falling wooden block that has a mass...

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A 0.0147-kg bullet is fired straight up at a falling woodenblock that has a mass of 2.94 kg. The bullet has a speed of 760 m/swhen it strikes the block. The block originally was dropped fromrest from the top of a building and had been falling for a timet when the collision with the bullet occurs. As a resultof the collision, the block (with the bullet in it) reversesdirection, rises, and comes to a momentary halt at the top of thebuilding. Find the time t.

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m1v1 m2v2 m1m2 vf but you also know that since the block started from rest and accelerated to v2 then returned to its original position the v2 must vf but in the opposite direction right because an object    See Answer
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