A 13 g bullet is stopped in a block of wood

(
m
w
= 3
.
1 kg). The speed of the bullet-
plus-wood combination immediately after the
collision is 0
.
57 m
/
s.
What was the original speed of the bullet?
Answer in units of m
/
s

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