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Grade 11General Physics

A machine gun can fire bullets of 50 gram at a speed of 2000m/sec the man holding the gun can exert an average force of 200 newtons against the gun .calculate the maximum number of bullets which he can fire per minute

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9 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Vikas TU
9 Years ago
Depends on the impulse he made:
Thus,
P = 50*2000/1000 = > 100*1 Kgm/s = > Impulse,
Impulse he made=> 200*60 =>12,000
Hence number of bullets = > 12000/100 = > 120