Question

3. In a game of shooting, a wooden block of mass
950 g is placed on the top of a vertical pole 19.6
m high. When the students standing on the top
of a building fire bullets from the gun, they move
horizontally. The bullet strikes the block, gets
embedded in it and dislodges the block from the
pole. The winner is declared based on how far
from the pole, the wooden block would fall.
student who fires the bullet of mass 50 with a
velocity of 100 m s' is declared as the winner.
Find how far from the pole would the wooden
block fall. (Take g = 9.8 m s2)

Answer 1

Answer : 10m

Explanation : check the image.

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