A bullet is fired horizontally into a wooden block initially at rest on a…

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Problem

A 10 g10\,\text{g} bullet is fired horizontally into a 990 g990\,\text{g} wooden block initially at rest on a frictionless table. The bullet becomes embedded in the block. If the block is observed to move with a speed of 0.40 m s−10.40\,\text{m\,s}^{-1} immediately after the collision, calculate the initial speed of the bullet.

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