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A man fires a bullet of mass 200g at a speed of  5m/s. The gun is of one kg mass. By what velocity the gun rebounds backward?

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a

1m/s

b

0.01m/s

c

0.1m/s

d

10m/s

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

Given, mass of bullet,
mb=200 g
= 0.2 kg
Velocity of bullet,
vb=5 m/s
Mass of gun 
mg=1 kg
The recoil velocity of the gun,
v=mbvbmg=0.2×51=1m/s

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A man fires a bullet of mass 200g at a speed of  5m/s. The gun is of one kg mass. By what velocity the gun rebounds backward?