CAIE FP2 2018 June — Question 1

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFP2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2018
SessionJune
TopicMomentum and Collisions

1 A bullet of mass \(m \mathrm {~kg}\) is fired horizontally into a fixed vertical block of material. It enters the block horizontally with speed \(250 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\) and emerges horizontally with speed \(70 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\) after 0.04 s . The block offers a constant horizontal resisting force of magnitude 450 N . Find the value of \(m\).