A battleship that is 5.00 x 107 kg and is originally at rest fires a 1300-kg artillery shell horizontally with a velocity of 550 m/s. (a) If the shell is fired straight aft (toward the rear of the ship), there will be negligible friction opposing the ship's recoil. Calculate its recoil velocity in meters per second. 0.0143 V m/s (b) Calculate the increase in internal kinetic energy in joules (that is, for the ship and the shell). This energy is less than the energy released by the gun powder – significant heat transfer occurs.

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A battleship that is 5.00 x 107 kg and is originally at rest fires a 1300-kg artillery shell horizontally with a velocity of 550 m/s.
(a) If the shell is fired straight aft (toward the rear of the ship), there will be negligible friction opposing the ship's recoil.
Calculate its recoil velocity in meters per second.
0.0143
m/s
(b) Calculate the increase in internal kinetic energy in joules (that is, for the ship and the shell). This energy is less than the
energy released by the gun powder – significant heat transfer occurs.
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Transcribed Image Text:A battleship that is 5.00 x 107 kg and is originally at rest fires a 1300-kg artillery shell horizontally with a velocity of 550 m/s. (a) If the shell is fired straight aft (toward the rear of the ship), there will be negligible friction opposing the ship's recoil. Calculate its recoil velocity in meters per second. 0.0143 m/s (b) Calculate the increase in internal kinetic energy in joules (that is, for the ship and the shell). This energy is less than the energy released by the gun powder – significant heat transfer occurs. Additional Materials O Reading
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