Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
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Chapter 20, Problem 17P
You and your younger brother are designing an air rifle that will shoot a lead pellet with mass m = 1.10 g and cross-sectional area A = 0.030 0 cm3. The rifle works by allowing high-pressure air to expand, propelling the pellet down the rifle barrel. Because this process happens very quickly, no appreciable thermal
Your design also includes a chamber of volume V = 12.0 cm3 in which the high-pressure air is stored until it is released. Your brother reminds you that you need to purchase a pump to pressurize the chamber. To determine what kind of pump to buy, you need to find what the pressure of the air must be in the chamber to achieve your desired muzzle speed. Ignore the effects of the air in front of the bullet and friction with the inside walls of the barrel.
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