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Collisions & Motion (Momentum & Energy)
Collisions & Motion (Momentum & Energy)
11. Momentum & Impulse / Collisions & Motion (Momentum & Energy) / Problem 3

A catapult launches a stone vertically into a 1.41-kg piece of fruit resting on a thin horizontal surface. If the stone has a mass of 25.0 g and travels at a speed of 231 m/s, determine how high the piece of fruit will rise into the air after the stone becomes embedded in it.

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