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A `5.0g` bullet moving at `100m//s` strikes a log. Assume that the bullet undergoes uniform deceleration and stops in `6.0cm`. Find (a) the time taken for the bullet to stop, (b) the impulse on the log and (c) the average force experienced by the log.

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(a)`1.20xx10^(-3)` s ; (b) 0.500 N .s ; (c) 417 N
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