Question: A machine gun fires 2 5 - g bullets at the rate of 4 bullets per second. The bullets leave the gun at a speed

A machine gun fires 25-g bullets at the rate of 4 bullets per second. The bullets leave the gun at a speed of 1000 m/s. What is the average recoil force experienced by the machine gun?
Hint: initial velocity of bullet is zero; Final velocity of bullet is 1000 m/s.
Fourbullets per second means average time per bullet is t =0.25 s. Use formula relating impulse (that the gun applies to each bullet) to momentum change (of each bullet). Remember also to express 25g in SI unit.
A.
100 N
B.
20 N
C.
10 N
D.
200 N

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