A 50 g bullet is fired from a 10 kg gun with a speed of 500 ms^(-1). What is the speed of the recoil of the gun?

A 50 g bullet is fired from a 10 kg gun with a speed of 500 ms^(-1). W

1.	A 50 g bullet is fired from a 10 kg gun with a speed of 500 ms^(-1). What is the speed of the recoil of the gun?
Answer» SOLUTION :Initial momentum = 0 USING conservation of linear momentum mv + MV = 0 `V = (-mv)/(M)RARR V = 2.5 m//s`