Question
A machine gun fires a bullet of mass 40 g with a velocity 1200 ms−1. The man holding it can exert a maximum force of 144 N on the gun. How many bullets can he fire per second at the most?
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one
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Four
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Two
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Three
Solution
D.
Three
The force exerted by machine gun on man's hand in firing a bullet = change in momentum per second on a bullet or rate of change of momentum
The force exerted by man on machine gun = 144 N Hence, number of bullets fired =144/48 = 3
