A bullet of mass 0.01 kg and travelling at a speed of 500 ms-1 strikes a block of mass 2 kg, which is suspended by a string of length 5 m. The center of gravity of the block is found to rise a vertical distance of 0.1 m. What is the speed of the bullet after it emerges from the block ?
The speed acquired by block, on account of collision of bullet with it, be .Since the block rises by 0.1 m, hence
Now as per law of conservation of momentum for collision between bullet and block,
V0ms−1