Question

The barrel of a rifle has a length of 0.855 m. A bullet leaves the muzzle of a rifle with a speed of 553 m/s. What is the acceleration of the bullet while in the barrel? A bullet in a rifle barrel does not have constant acceleration, but constant acceleration is to be assumed for this problem. Answer in units of m/s 2 .

Answer 1

Acceleration of the bullet will be 1778835.6
`m/sec^2`

Step-by-step explanation:

We have given length of the barrel refile s= 0.855 m

When the bullet leaves the muzzle its velocity is 553 m/sec

So final velocity v = 553 m/sec

Initial velocity will be 0 that is u = 0 m/sec

According to third equation of motion
`v^2=u^2+2as`

`553^2=0^2+2* a* 0.855`

`a=178835.6m/sec^2`