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a man fires a bullet of mass 200g at a speed of 5m/s the gun is of one of mass.by what velocity the gun rebounds backwards


Krishna Chalikwar 15th Nov, 2019
Answer (1)
NAVEEN MEENA Student Expert 15th Nov, 2019

Dear student, mass of bullet, m1= 200 g = 0.2 kg

mass of gun, m2= 1 kg

velocity of bullet, V1= 5 m/s

velocity of GUN, V2= ?

According to law of conservation of linear momentum,

Linear momentum=Linear momentum

before firing                      after firing

=>.      0 = m1 V1 + m2 V2

=>.       V2 = - m1 V1/m2

=>.        - 0.2×5×1

=>.        V2 = - 1 m/s

Therefore, velocity of the gun = -1 m/s.

All the best

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