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Debora [2.8K]
3 years ago
6

When a gun is fired at the shooting range, the gun recoils (moves backward). Explain this using the law of conservation of momen

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Physics
1 answer:
12345 [234]3 years ago
4 0
The total momentum is unchanged according to the law of conservation of momentum. When the gun is fired, the bullet gains a high velocity forward (positive velocity), and that velocity multiplied by its mass is the momentum the bullet gains. Therefore, the gun must gain a momentum backwards to cancel out that momentum forward, so the gun recoils back with a negative velocity.
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