A 100-G Bullet Traveling Horizontally at 755 M/s Strikes a Stationary

question 3

Multiple Choice

A 10.0-g bullet traveling horizontally at 755 m/s strikes a stationary target and stops after penetrating 14.5 cm into the target. What is the average force of the target on the bullet?

• A)1.97 × 10⁴ N
• B)2.07 × 10⁵ N
• C)6.26 × 10³ N
• D)3.13 × 10⁴ N
• E)3.93 × 10⁴ N

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