A hitman fires a bullet of mass 253.4 g at a speed of 15.6 m/s to the East. The pistol is of 613.2 g mass, ignoring air resistance, by how much velocity the pistol rebounds backwards? a. 0.01 m/s b. 2.42 m/s c. 6.45 m/s d. 6446.58 m/s

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A hitman fires a bullet of mass 253.4 g at a speed of 15.6 m/s to the East. The pistol is of 613.2 g mass, ignoring air resistance, by how much velocity the pistol rebounds backwards?

a. 0.01 m/s
b. 2.42 m/s
c. 6.45 m/s
d. 6446.58 m/s
 

A model airplane with mass 0.85 kg is tethered by a wire so that it flies in a circle 0.07 km in diameter. The airplane engine provides a net thrust of 0.87 N perpendicular to the tethering wire. Find the torque the net thrust produces about the center of the circle. 

 

a. 30.45 Nm
b. 60.90 Nm
c. 0.03 Nm
d. 0.06 Nm
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