Edexcel M2 — Question 1

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleM2 (Mechanics 2)
TopicWork, energy and Power 1

  1. A bullet of mass 25 g is fired directly at a fixed wooden block of thickness 4 cm and passes through it. When the bullet hits the block, it is travelling horizontally at \(200 \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\). The block exerts a constant resistive force of 8000 N on the bullet.
    1. Find the work done by the block on the bullet.
    By using the Work-Energy principle,
  2. show that the bullet emerges from the block with speed \(120 \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\).