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A 2.50 g bullet, traveling at a speed of 425 m/s, strikes the wooden block of a ballistic pendulum. The block has a mass of 215 g. (a)What is the speed of the bullet/block combination immediately after the collision. (b)How high does the combination rise above its initial position?

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