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A machine gun fires a bullet of mass 40 g with a velocity `1200 ms^-1`. The man holding it can exert a maximum force of 144 N on the gun. How many bullets can be fire per second at the most?

A

only one

B

3

C

any number of bullets

D

`144xx48`

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