The lead female character in the movie Diamonds Are Forever is standing at the edge of an

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The lead female character in the movie Diamonds Are Forever is standing at the edge of an off shore oil rig. As she fires a gun, she is driven back over the edge and into the sea. Suppose the mass of a bullet is 0.010 kg and its velocity is + 720 m/s. Her mass (including the gun) is 51 kg.
(a) What recoil velocity does she acquire in response to a single shot from a stationary position, assuming that no external force keeps her in place?
(b) Under the same assumption, what would be her recoil velocity if, instead, she shoots a blank cartridge that ejects a mass of 5.0 × 10-4 kg at a velocity of + 720 m/s?
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Physics

ISBN: 978-1118486894

10th edition

Authors: David Young, Shane Stadler

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