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A bullet of mass 20 g moving with a speed of `500 cm*s^(-1)` is just able to pierce a plank 5 cm thick. Calculate its velocity ,when the same bullet penetrates through the same plank 1 cm thick.

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`4.47 m*s^(-1)`
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