A 20.0 kg cannonball is fired from a 2.40 ´ 103kg. If the cannon recoils with a velocity of 3.5 m/s backwards, what is the velocity of the cannonball?

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A 20.0 kg cannonball is fired from a 2.40 ´ 103kg. If the cannon recoils with a velocity of 3.5 m/s backwards, what is the velocity of the cannonball?

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Answer:420ms^-1

Conserving linear momentum (mv)=(MV)

Omar Ghorbel answered Sep 20, 2024

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