College Physics (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073512141
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 7 - Problems - Page 265: 47

Answer

The final velocity of the block is $3.0~m/s$ to the east.

Work Step by Step

By conservation of momentum, the final momentum of the system is equal to the initial momentum. Let $m_t$ be the mass of the bullet. Let $v_{t0}$ be the initial velocity of the bullet and let $v_{tf}$ be the final velocity of the bullet. We can find the final velocity $v_b$ of the block: $m_b~v_b +m_t~v_{tf} = m_t~v_{t0}$ $m_b~v_b = m_t~(v_{t0}-v_{tf})$ $v_b = \frac{m_t~(v_{t0}-v_{tf})}{m_b}$ $v_b = \frac{(0.020~kg)~[200.0~m/s-(-100.0~m/s)]}{2.0~kg}$ $v_b = 3.0~m/s$ The final velocity of the block is $3.0~m/s$ to the east.
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