Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Linear momentum and its conservation

Linear momentum and its conservation — practice question

A toy gun at rest fires a bullet. Immediately after it is fired, which statement about the bullet and the gun is not correct?

  • AThe force exerted on the bullet by the gun has the same magnitude as the force exerted on the gun by the bullet.
  • BThe force exerted on the bullet by the gun is in the opposite direction to the force exerted on the gun by the bullet.
  • CThe gun and the bullet have the same magnitude of momentum.
  • DThe kinetic energy of the gun must equal the kinetic energy of the bullet.

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