A 3.25-gram bullet traveling at 345 ms-1 strikes and enters a 2.50-kg crate. The crate slides 0.75 m along a wood floor until it comes to rest. Required:
a. What is the coefficient of dynamic friction between crate and the floor?
b. What is the average force applied by the crate on the bullet during collision if the bullet penetrates the 1.10cm into the crate?

a)   μ = 0.0136, b)   F = 22.8 N

Explanation:

This exercise must be solved in parts. Let's start by using conservation of moment.

a) We define a system formed by the downward and the box, therefore the forces during the collision are internal and the momentum is conserved

initial instant. Before the crash

        p₀ = m v₀

final instant. After inelastic shock

        p_f = (m + M) v

the moment is preserved

        p₀ = p_f

        m v₀ = (m + M) v

        v =

We look for the speed of the block with the bullet inside

        v =

        v = 0.448 m / s

Now we use the relationship between work and kinetic energy for the block with the bullet

in this journey the force that acts is the friction

         W = ΔK

          W = ½ (m + M)  - ½ (m + M) v₀²

the final speed of the block is zero

the work between the friction force and the displacement is negative, because the friction always opposes the displacement

         W = - fr x

we substitute

           - fr x = 0 - ½ (m + M) vo²

           fr = ½ (m + M) v₀² / x

the friction force is

          fr = μ N

          μ = fr / N

equilibrium condition

          N - W = 0

          N = W

          N = (m + M) g

we substitute

         μ = ½ v₀² / x g

we calculate

          μ = ½ 0.448 ^ 2 / 0.75 9.8

          μ = 0.0136

b) Let's use the relationship between work and the variation of the kinetic energy of the block

          W = ΔK

initial block velocity is zero vo = 0

         F x₁ = ½ M v² - 0

         F =

         F = ½ 2.50 0.448² / 0.0110

         F = 22.8 N

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