Q. A 1245-N uniform beam is attached to a vertical wall at one end and is supported by a cable at the other end. A W = 1955-N crate hangs from the far end of the beam.
Q. A 10.1-g bullet is fired into a stationary block of wood having mass m = 4.96 kg. The bullet imbeds into the block. The speed of the bullet-plus-wood combination immediately after the collision is 0.594 m/s. What was the original speed of the bullet?