<h2>Greetings!</h2>
To find speed, you need to remember the formula:
Speed = distance ÷ time
So plug the given values in:
500 ÷ 30 = 16.66
<h3>So the speed is 16.66m/s (metres per second)</h3>
<h2>Hope this helps!</h2>
Based on the answer provided, it seems the writer wanted you to assume that the energy loss per plank is constant. This is not the same as the bullet losing <span><span>1/nth</span><span>1/nth</span></span><span> of its velocity per plank (however, the fact that the question does not mention this assumption arguably makes the question ambiguous).
</span><span>With this assumption, the energy loss becomes
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ΔE = <span>1/2 </span>m<span>v2 </span>− <span>1/2 </span>m <span><span>(<span>v−<span>v/n</span></span>) </span><span>2
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and the number of planks <span>NN</span><span> becomes
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N = <span><span><span>1/2</span>m<span>v2 /</span></span><span>ΔE </span></span>= <span><span>n2/ </span><span>2n−1
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Otherwise, if you assume that the bullet loses <span><span>1/<span>nth</span></span><span>1/<span>nth</span></span></span><span> of its velocity per plank, then the answer is </span><span><span>N=∞</span></span><span><span>
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Answer:
263.15
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