Question: A 12.0-g bullet is fired horizontally into a 116-g wooden block that is initially at rest on a frictionless horizontal surface and connected to a
A 12.0-g bullet is fired horizontally into a 116-g wooden block that is initially at rest on a frictionless horizontal surface and connected to a spring having spring constant 143 N/m. The bullet becomes embedded in the block. If the bullet-block system compresses the spring by a maximum of 79.0 cm, what was the speed of the bullet at impact with the block?
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