A50 g bullet is fired into a 1 kg block of wood. the bullet is embedded into the wood block. the speed gained from the bullet is subsequently given to a spring attached to the block. its spring force constant is 500 n/m. assume that the collision process below takes a negligible amount of displacement and time. also, the surface is frictionless k m v ax
a. how fast is the block traveling right after the bullet is embedded into the block?
b. by how much does the spring compress before stopping the block?
c. what quantity is conserved in the collision process?
d. what quantity is conserved in the subsequent process?