Apply conservation of energy during the upward swing to compute the velocity of the pendulm with imbedded bullet.
V= sqrt(2gH)= 0.937 m/s
Then apply conservatuion of momentum to the bullet-imbedding process to compute the initial velocity of the bullet, v.
v*m = (M+m)V
m = bullet mass.
M = pendulum mass
Solve for v.
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