Physics, asked by pinkspink23, 1 year ago

a disc of mass 5kg is kept floating horizontally in mid air by firing 10 bullets per second vertically up.if the mass of each bullet is 50 gm and bullets rebound with same speed the speed of each bullet is?

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Answered by Chinmay007
102
Hey!
is the answer 50m/s??
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Answered by JunaidMirza
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Weight of disc = mg = 5 kg × 10 m/s² = 50 N

Force exerted by 10 bullets must be equal to 50 N

F = Δp / t
F = nm × (v - u) / t
F = nm × (v - (v)) / t
F = 2nmv/t

From above
v = Ft / (2nm)
= (50 N × 1 s) / (2 × 10 × 50 × 10^-3 kg)
= 50 m/s

Speed of each bullet is 50 m/s
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