An 8.0g bullet traveling at 850. m/s strikes and embeds itself in a stationary block of wood with a mass of 3.60kg. How fast is the block with the bullet in it moving after the hit?

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An 8.0g bullet traveling at 850. m/s strikes and embeds itself in a stationary block of wood with a mass of 3.60kg. How fast is the block with the bullet in it moving after the hit?

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