A duck has a mass of 2 lbm and is flying west at 10 ft/s. The duck is struck by a bullet with a mass of 0.05 Ibm, which is moving due east at 1000 ft/s. Treating the due west as the postivie x direction and the duck as the system. What is the relative velocity of the duck and the bullet, relatively?

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A duck has a mass of 2 lbm and is
flying west at 10 ft/s. The duck is
struck by a bullet with a mass of 0.05
Ibm, which is moving due east at 1000
ft/s. Treating the due west as the
postivie x direction and the duck as the
system.
What is the relative velocity of the duck
and the bullet, relatively?
Transcribed Image Text:A duck has a mass of 2 lbm and is flying west at 10 ft/s. The duck is struck by a bullet with a mass of 0.05 Ibm, which is moving due east at 1000 ft/s. Treating the due west as the postivie x direction and the duck as the system. What is the relative velocity of the duck and the bullet, relatively?
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