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In a police rifle test, a 15-g bullet traveling 213 m/s in avertical direction suddenly buries itself in a 2.4-kg block of woodat rest directly above it. As a result, the bullet-blockcombination moves vertically upward.

(a) Determine the velocity of the bullet-block combination justafter the impact.

(b) Determine the maximum height reached by the bullet/blockcombination.

(c) Is kinetic energy conserved in this collision?  

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given that mass of the bullet m1 15 g 0015 kg mass of the block of wood m2 24 kg speed of the bullet v1 213 ms a the velocity of the bulletblock combination just after the    See Answer
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