A bullet fired into a trunk of a tree loses 1/4 of its kinetic energy in travelling a distance of 5cm. Before stopping it travels a further distance of
shubham , 7 Years ago
Grade 12th pass
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Arogya Gautam
Last Activity: 7 Years ago
15cm. We can use the trick,Further distance travelled= (n-1).x Where n is the fractional loss in KE and x is the distance travelled penetrating the tree.In the above question fractional loss in KE = 1/4 so, n=4 and it trevels distance 5 cm so x is 5 Hence the further distance travelled is 15 cm.
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