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A block of wood of mass 0.91 kg is initially at rest. A bullet of mass 0.047 kg traveling at 104.7 m/s strikes the block and becomes embedded in it. With what speed do the block of wood and the bullet move just after the collision?

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Use the conservation of momentum.

Massbullet*veloctiybullet=(combinedmass)newveloctiy

5.14m/s

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