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Grade 11Mechanics

A gun of mass M fires a bullet of mass m with velocity v relative to the gun. The average force required to bring the gun to rest in 0.5 Sec is?

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7 Years agoGrade 11
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7 Years ago
Initially total momentum=0
Later total momentum=MV+mv
By law of conservation of linear momentum
MV+mv=0
Or,MV=-mv
So average force required to stop gun recoil
F=MV/0.5=2MV=-2mv
The minus sign signifies it deccelerates.
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