A bullet of mass 10 gram is fired from a gun of mass 6 kg with a velocity of 300 M per second calculate the recoil velocity of gun
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Initial momentum of the system including the gun and the bullet = 0
Final momentum of the system = momentum of the gun + momentum of the bullet = Mv/ + mv
(v/ is the recoil velocity of the gun)
Applying conservation of linear momentum,
0 = Mv/ + mv
Implies, v/ = -(mv)/M
The negative sign indicates that the direction of velocity of the gun is opposite to the direction of velocity of the bullet.
m =10g =0.01kg
mass of gun M= 6kg
velocity of bullet = 300m/s
v/ = -(mv)/M
= -(0.01 * 300)/6
= 3/6= -0.5 m/s
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