Question: A gun fires a bullet vertically into a 1.40-kg block of wood at rest on a thin horizontal sheet, Fig. 7-44. If the bullet has

A gun fires a bullet vertically into a 1.40-kg block of wood at rest on a thin horizontal sheet, Fig. 7-44. If the bullet has a mass of 25.0 g and a speed of 230 m/s, how high will the block rise into the air after the bullet becomes embedded in it?
1.40 kg v = 230 m/s

1.40 kg v = 230 m/s

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