BulletCart Energy Loss

BulletCart Energy Loss#

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A \({{params.mbg}} g\) bullet travels at \({{params.vb}} m/s\) and strikes a stationary \({{params.m}} kg\) block, embedding in it.

Part 1#

Calculate the energy lost in the impact as an absolute value.

Answer Section#

Please enter in a numeric value in \(J\).

Part 2#

Calculate the energy lost in the impact as a percentage of the original system energy.

Answer Section#

Please enter in a numeric value in \(%\).

Attribution#

Problem is licensed under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
The Creative Commons 4.0 license requiring attribution-BY, non-commercial-NC, and share-alike-SA license.