Question Part Points Submissions Used The lead female character in the movie Dia

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Question Part Points Submissions Used The lead female character in the movie Diamonds Are Forever is standing at the edge of an offshore 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 0.006 kg, and its velocity is +713 m/s. Her mass (including the gun) is 57 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? m/s (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 +713 m/s? m/s(just answer)

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use conservation of momentum

m1v1+m2V2 =0

V2 = -m1/m2 V1

= -0.006/57*713

= -0.0750 m/s

the - sign means that the direction of recoil velocity is opposite to that of the bullet

2)V2 = - m1/m2*V1

= -5.0*10^-4/57 *713

= 6.25 x10^-3 m/s

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