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JAMB UTME - Physics - 2021

Question 1 Report

A lead bullet of mass 0.05kg is fired with a velocity of 200ms\(^{-1}\) into a block of mass 0.95kg. Given that the lead block can move freely, the final kinetic energy after impact is?

Answer Details

Given 
m1 1  = 0.05kg, u1 1  = 200ms−1 − 1 , m2 2  = 0.95kg

K.E = 12 1 2 mr r v2 2

m1 1 u1 1  = v(m1 1  + m2 2 ) [law of conversation of momentum]

v = 0.05×2000.05+95 0.05 × 200 0.05 + 95  = 10ms−1 − 1

K.E = 12 1 2 (1)102 2  = 50J