A shell of mass 0.1 kg is fired by a gun...

A shell of mass 0.1 kg is fired by a gun of mass 100 kg. If the muzzle speed of the shell is 30 `ms^(-1)`, what is the recoil speed of the gun ?

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0.03 `ms^(-1)`

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