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When a bullet is fired from a gun
Answer: D
The gun recoils with the same momentum as the bullet.
Momentum is conserved, and the system was at rest, so \[m_b v_b = m_g v_g\] The gun's momentum is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction. Being much heavier, it moves back far more slowly.
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