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Grade 11Mechanics

A bullet travelling with a velocity of 16 m/s penetrate a wooden block and came to rest in 0.04m find time taken during retirdation

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8 Years agoGrade 11
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8 Years ago
Initial velocity is 16m/sDistance travelled before coming to rest is 0.04m.Let acceleration be a.Thus use v^2=u^2+2axFind a from here and put it in equation v=u +atGet time from this equation.(V is 0 as body comes to rest)