In a ballistics test, a 23.0g bullet traveling horizontally at 1300m/s goes through a 40.0cm -thick 450kg stationary target and...

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In a ballistics test, a 23.0gbullet traveling horizontally at1300m/sgoes through a 40.0cm-thick 450kgstationary target and emerges with a speed of900m/s. The target is free to slide on a smoothhorizontal surface. How long is the bullet in the target? Whataverage force does the bullet exert on the target? What is thetarget's speed just after the bullet emerges?

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Is the target mass 450 or 450 kg I will use 450 as stated in the post 450 would be a more realistic scenario though Lets first calculate the speed of the target when the bullet emerges using conservation of    See Answer
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