Question

a bullet of mass 30g is fired horizontally with a velocity of 250 m/s² from a pistol of mass 3kg . what is the recoil velocity of the bullet?​

Answer 1

Answer:

As we know ,

m1v1 = -m2v2

3 kg * v1 = - 0.03 kg * 250 ms^-1

v1 = -2.5 ms^-1

so the recoil velocity is 2.5 ms^-1