A shooter of mass m 2 = 80 kg shoots a bullet of mass m 1 = 4 gram horizontally, standing on a frictionless surface at rest. If the muzzle velocity of the bullet is v 1 = 500 m/s, what is the recoil speed of the shooter?

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A shooter of mass m 2 = 80 kg shoots a bullet of mass m 1 = 4 gram horizontally, standing on a
frictionless surface at rest. If the muzzle velocity of the bullet is v 1 = 500 m/s, what is the recoil
speed of the shooter?

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