A bullet (m=0.005kg) moving at 500 m/s strikes and sticks in a block of wood (m=5kg). What is the final velocity of the wood/ bullet mass? BeforeAftermA0.005kg0.005kgVA500 m/s?mB5 kg5 kgVB0 m/s?

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A bullet (m=0.005kg) moving at 500 m/s strikes and sticks in a block of wood (m=5kg). What is the final velocity of the wood/ bullet mass?

	Before	After
m_A	0.005kg	0.005kg
V_A	500 m/s	?
m_B	5 kg	5 kg
V_B	0 m/s	?

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