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A bullet of mass 25 g travelling at 120 ms−1120 \text{ ms}^{-1} penetrates an initially stationary 1.5 kg block of wood and passes through, emerging with a speed of 85 ms−185 \text{ ms}^{-1}. If the block of wood is on a frictionless surface, use the principle of conservation of momentum to calculate the speed of the block of wood immediately after the bullet emerges.

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