Two speeding lead bullets each of mass 5 g and temperature of 20°C collide head on at speeds of 500m/s each. Assuming a perfectly inelastic collision and no loss of energy to the atmospheres, describe the final state of the two bullet system.

Answer 1

The final state? Are you assuming no heat was lost

heat= total KE= 2*.06*500^2 * 1/2 joules

temperatue rise: above KE heat= .1*specificheatcapacityLead*deltaTemp
solve for deltatemmp

Answer 2

Yes, this is assuming no heat is lost