A bullet of mass M1 = 0.04 kg traveling with a velocity of 300 m/s strikes a wood block (at rest) of mass M2 = 20 kg. If the bullet stays in the block, find the distance the system moves until it stops, if the static friction coefficient is 0.1.

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A bullet of mass M1 = 0.04 kg traveling with a velocity of 300 m/s strikes a wood block (at rest) of mass M2 = 20 kg. If the bullet stays in the block, find the distance the system moves until it stops, if the static friction coefficient is 0.1. 

 

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Does the fact that the coefficient given is the static friction coefficient changes anything or you can solve the problem the same way, regardless the coefficient is  kinetic or static ?

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