Question

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An 85-kg clown is fired from rest out of a 480-kg cannon. If the clown’s speed is 18 meters per second after the firing, then what is the recoil speed of the cannon?

Answer 1

101.65 m/s

Step-by-step explanation:

Step one:

Given data

m1= mass of gun.= 480kg

m2= mass of bullet. = 85kg

v1=

v2= final velocities of bullet. = 18 meters per second

m1u1+m2u2=m1v1+m2v2

u1=0; u2=0

0=m1v1+m2v2

Step two:

Recoil velocity v1= -(m1/m2)v2

v1= -(480/85)18

v1= 5.64*18

v1=101.65 m/s