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Question 0

A gun of mass 2.0kg fires a bullet of mass 16 x 10 -2kg due East. If the bullet leaves the nozzle of the gun with a velocity of 150ms-1, what is the recoil velocity of the gun?

  • A.150ms-1 due West
  • B.1.2 x 10-4ms-1 due West
  • C.1.2ms-1 due West
  • D.1.2ms-1 due East
  • E.150ms-1 due East
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Question details

Exam body
JAMB
Subject
Physics
Year
1984
Question no.
#0
Type
Objective
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