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A bullet of mass `m` moving with speed `v` strikes a wooden block of mass M and gets embedded into the block. The final speed is

A

`sqrt(M/(M+m))v`

B

`sqrt(m/(M+m))v`

C

`(m/(M+m))v`

D

`v//2`

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