Kindly solve the following sum: Share with your friends Share 0 Sanat K Mukherjee answered this Dear Student, As the bullet is fired the pistol recoils. From conservation of momentum, mu=MVwhere,m is the mass of the bullet = 20 g = 0.020 kgM is the mass of the pistol = 1 kgu is the velocity of the bullet = 100 m/sV is the recoil velocity of the pistolV=muM=0.020×1001=2m/sInitial momentum of the pistol = 0Final momentum of the bullet = MV=2 kgm/sRate of change in momentum, p/t =220×10-3=100010=100 kgm/s2Rate of change in momentum is the magnitude of force on the pistol = 100 N Regards 0 View Full Answer