A bullet of mass moving with a speed of hits an ice block of mass kept on a…

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Problem

A bullet of mass

10\,\text{g}

moving with a speed of

20\,\text{m s}^{-1}

hits an ice block of mass

990\,\text{g}

kept on a frictionless floor and gets stuck in it. How much ice will melt if

50\%

of the lost kinetic energy goes to the ice? The temperature of the ice block is

0\,^{\circ}\text{C}