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A hunter has a rifle that can fire 50-g bullets with a speed of 900 m/s. A 90 kg tiger springs at him at 5 m/s. How many bullets must the hunter fire into the tiger’s body in order to stop it?

Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

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Chapter8: Momentum And Collisions

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A hunter has a rifle that can fire 50-g bullets with a speed of 900 m/s. A 90 kg tiger springs at him at 5 m/s.
How many bullets must the hunter fire into the tiger’s body in order to stop it?

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