Two 503 g blocks of wood are 2.22 m apart on a frictionless table. A 10.84 g bullet is fired at 400 m/s toward the blocks. It passes all the way through the first block, then embeds itself in the second block. The speed of the first block immediately afterward is 5.04 m/s. What is the speed of the second block after the bullet stops in it?

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Two 503 g blocks of wood are 2.22 m apart on a frictionless table. A 10.84 g bullet is fired at 400 m/s toward the blocks. It passes all the way through the first block, then embeds itself in the second block. The speed of the first block immediately afterward is 5.04 m/s. What is the speed of the second block after the bullet stops in it?

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