A bullet traveling at 350 m/s hits a tree, penetrating 0.125 m into the tree before stopping. The mass of the bullet is 0.200 kg. Treat the force the tree exerts on the bullet to stop it as a constant force. a) How big is the acceleration the bullet experiences when it hits the tree

Explanation:

The motion of the bullet is a uniformly accelerated motion, therefore we can find its acceleration by using the following suvat equation:

where

v is the final velocity

u is the initial velocity

a is the acceleration

s is the distance covered

For the bullet in this problem:

u = 350 m/s is the initial velocity of the bullet

v = 0 is the final velocity (the bullet comes to a stop)

s = 0.125 m is the stopping distance of the bullet

Therefore, by solving the equation for a, we find its acceleration:

And the negative sign tells that the direction of the acceleration is opposite to that of the velocity.

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