A gun of mass 2.0kg fires a bullet of mass 16 x 10 -2kg due East. If the bullet leaves the nozzle of the gun with a velocity of 150ms-1, what is the recoil velocity of the gun?

a

150ms-1 due West

b

1.2 x 10-4ms-1 due West

c

1.2ms-1 due West

d

1.2ms-1 due East

e

150ms-1 due East

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Fe1fe1fe1fe1
3 years ago

You asked 16×10^-2 in the question and used 1.6×10^-2 in the solution. Pls correct it. I used 16 and got 12 as my answer. I was now wondering where I got it wrong until I found out that the mistake was even coming from you guys
I'm getting tired of these errors honestly 😔

Bunsgea
3 months ago

yes, that's how they behave, frustrating

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