A 30-06 caliber hunting rifle fires a bullet of mass 0.0124 kg with a velocity of 294 m/s to the right. The rifle has a mass of 1.8 kg. The recoil speed of the rifle as the bullet leaves the rifle 2.03 m/s. If the rifle is stopped by the hunter’s shoulder in a distance of 1.65 cm, what is the magnitude of the average force exerted on the shoulder by the rifle? Answer in units of N.
A 30-06 caliber hunting rifle fires a bullet of mass 0.0124 kg with
a velocity of 294 m/s to the right. The rifle has a mass of 1.8 kg. The recoil speed of the rifle as the bullet leaves the rifle 2.03 m/s. If the rifle is stopped by the hunter’s shoulder in a distance of 1.65 cm, what is the magnitude of the average force exerted on the shoulder by the rifle? Answer in units of N.