Typically, a bullet leaves a standard 45-caliber (5.0-in. barrrel) at a speed of 262 m/s. If it takes 1 ms to traverse the barrel, determine the average accelertion experienced by the 16.2-g bullet within the gun and then compute the average force exerted on it.

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Typically, a bullet leaves a standard 45-caliber (5.0-in. barrrel) at a speed of 262 m/s. If it takes 1 ms to traverse the barrel, determine the average accelertion experienced by the 16.2-g bullet within the gun and then compute the average force exerted on it.

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