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Chapter 9, Problem 37P
(I) In a ballistic pendulum experiment, projectile 1 results in a maximum height h of the pendulum equal to 2.6 cm. A second projectile (of the same mass) causes the pendulum to swing twice as high, h2 = 5.2 cm. The second projectile was how many times faster than the first?
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