BRAINCAKEMomentum Question 3
A cannon of mass 1200 kg stands at rest on smooth, level ground. It fires a shell of mass 15 kg horizontally at 240 ms-1.
(i) Calculate the recoil velocity of the cannon.
(ii) Compare the kinetic energies of the shell and the cannon just after firing.
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