Answer to Question #123405 in General Chemistry for Johannes Steven

Question #123405

1. The springs scales are hooked together. The scales are at rest on the horizontal and frictionless. Someone pulls at point X and Y but the whole system does not move. Scale 1 reads 50N. What is the reading on scale 2? 2. A ballistic is a device for finding the speed of bullets. A bullet of mass 10.7g is shot into a block of mass 5.60 kg. After collision, the center of the mass of the block swings to a height of 50 mm. Find the speed of the bullet.

Expert's answer

50N