CAIE FP2 2016 June — Question 1

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFP2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2016
SessionJune
TopicMomentum and Collisions 2

1 A bullet of mass 0.01 kg is fired horizontally into a fixed vertical barrier which exerts a constant resisting force of magnitude 1000 N . The bullet enters the barrier with speed \(320 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\) and emerges with speed \(20 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\). You may assume that the motion takes place in a horizontal straight line. Find
  1. the magnitude of the impulse that acts on the bullet,
  2. the thickness of the barrier,
  3. the time taken for the bullet to pass through the barrier.