Question

A bullet of mass 10 g moving horizontally at a speed of 50√7 m/s strikes a block of mass 490 g kept on africtionless track as shown in figure (9-E17). The bullet remains inside the block and the system proceeds towards the semicircular track of radius 0.2 m. Where will the block strike the horizontal part after leaving the semicircular track ?

Answer 1

Mass of block = 490 gm.
Mass of bullet = 10 gm.
Since the bullet embedded inside the block, it is an plastic collision.