Question: A 15 gram bullet was fired and embedded into a 10 kg block of ballistic gelatin hanging from a rope. The bullet was travelling

A 15 gram bullet was fired and embedded into a 10 kg

A 15 gram bullet was fired and embedded into a 10 kg block of ballistic gelatin hanging from a rope. The bullet was travelling at 800 m/s. What was the resultant velocity of the block and the bullet together?

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