Edexcel M1 — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleM1 (Mechanics 1)
TopicMomentum and Collisions

4. A bullet of mass 50 g is fired horizontally at a wooden block of mass 4.95 kg which is lying at rest on a rough horizontal surface. The bullet enters the block at \(400 \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\) and becomes embedded in the block.
  1. Find the speed with which the block begins to move. Given that the block decelerates uniformly to rest over a distance of 4 m ,
  2. show that the coefficient of friction is \(\frac { 2 } { g }\).