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A bullet moving at 500 m/s has a kinetic energy of 2500 J and a potential energy of 0.5 J at a certain moment. What is the bullets mass and how high above the ground is it at th…

A bullet moving at 500 m/s has a kinetic energy of 2500 J and a potential energy of 0.5 J at a certain moment. What is the bullets mass and how high above the ground is it at th…
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A bullet moving at 500 m/s has a kinetic energy of 2500 J and a potential energy of 0.5 J at a certain moment. What is the bullets mass and how high above the ground is it at the moment

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half mv squared equaled mgh
.5(500)power 2=9.8h
h=12755m

plug h in to solve for m
*m's cancel out
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