An 8.0 g bullet travelling at 400 m/s passes through a heavy block of wood in 4.0 10^-4s, emerging with a velocity of 100 m/s. Ignore any motion of the wood. (a) With what average force did the wood oppose the motion of the bullet? (b) How thick is the block of wood?

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An 8.0 g bullet travelling at 400 m/s passes through a heavy block of wood in 4.0 10^-4s, emerging with a velocity of 100 m/s. Ignore any motion of the wood.
(a) With what average force did the wood oppose the motion of the bullet?
(b) How thick is the block of wood?

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