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- A hunter fires a 25.4g round at a 410 kg polar bear, who rests on a frictionless piece of ice. If the muzzle velocity of the rifle is 799 m/s, calculate the speed of the polar bear if:
- The round embeds itself into the polar bear
- The round bounces straight back in an elastic collision.
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