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(a)What is meant by an isolated system?
(b)Out of mass, speed and momentum, which quantity is same for bullet and the gun on firing?

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(a)An isolated system is that on which no external force is acting.
(b)Linear momentum of gun is equal and opposite to linear momentum of bullet.
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