Mass C, which has a mass of 4 kg, is suspended from a cord attached to cart

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Mass C, which has a mass of 4 kg, is suspended from a cord attached to cart A, which has a mass of 5 kg and can roll freely on a frictionless horizontal track. A 60-g bullet is fired with a speed v0 = 500 m/s and gets lodged in block C. Determine 

(a) The velocity of C as it reaches its maximum elevation, 

(b) The maximum vertical distance h through which C will rise.

Mass C, which has a mass of 4 kg, is
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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics

ISBN: 978-0073398242

11th edition

Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell, Brian Self

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