A 10 g bullet traveling horizontally strikes and becomes embedded in a 1.0 kg wooden…
PHYSICS · Subjective · A Level · Physics · Mechanics and materials · Mechanics and materials
Problem
A 10 g bullet traveling horizontally strikes and becomes embedded in a 1.0 kg wooden block that is initially at rest on a perfectly frictionless horizontal surface. During the very short collision interval, is the linear momentum of the bullet–block pair conserved? Explain your reasoning in one or two sentences.