In a police rifle test, a 15-g bullet traveling 213 m/s in a vertical direction suddenly buries itself in a 2.4-kg block of wood at rest directly above it. As a result, the bullet-block combination moves vertically upward
(a) Determine the velocity of the bullet-block combination just after the impact. (b) Determine the maximum height reached by the bullet/block combination. (c) Is kinetic energy conserved in this collision?
(a) 1.3 m/s (b) 0.089 m (c) No, this is an inelastic collision.
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