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A 20g bullet moving at 200m/s hits a bag of sand and comes to rest in 0.011s, calculate the momentum of the bullet just before hitting the bag​

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Answer:

momentum = mass * velocity ... kg•m/s

acceleration = v / t = 200 m/s / 11 ms ... m/s^2

force = mass * acceleration = .02 kg * (200 m/s / 11 ms) N

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