Recoil of a gun or artillery piece firing a shell
This type of question, asked 2 times: 2021 Paper 13, 31 Jan 2024. All 2 questions below, oldest first.
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Question 1
2021 Paper 13
20A bullet of mass is shot from a gun of mass . Bullet has speed . Find the impulse of bullet and velocity of recoil of gun?Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 2
31 Jan 2024
19An artillery piece of mass fires a shell of mass horizontally. Instantaneously after the firing, the ratio of kinetic energy of the artillery and that of the shell is :Tap an option to check your answer.