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A bullet of mass  20 g has an initial speed of  1 m s-1, just before it starts penetrating a mud wall of thickness  20 cm. If the wall offers a mean resistance of  2.5×10-2 N, the speed of the bullet after emerging from the other side of the wall is close to:
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Options:
  • A 0.7 m s-1
  • B 0.3 m s-1
  • C 0.1 m s-1
  • D 0.4 m s-1
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 0.7 m s-1
a=-2.5×10-220×10-3=-54 m s-2
From v2-u2=2as
v2=u2+2as
v=12-2×54×20×10-2
=0.5
=0.7 m s-1

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