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A bullet is fired into a fixed target loses half of its velocity after penetrating 3 cm. how much further will it penetrate before coming to rest assuming that it faces constant retardation?
Asked by Ravikant | 18 Nov, 2015, 09:14: PM
answered-by-expert Expert Answer
Let u be initial velocity of the bullet, after penetrating 3 cm into the target the velocity reduces to u/2 .
i.e After travelling s=3 cm with initial velocity u, the final velocity v = u /2. 
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