What is the resulting speed of the block

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A 5.00 g bullet moving at 624 m/s strikes a 720g wooden block at rest on a frictionless surface. The bulletemerges, traveling in the same direction with its speed reduced to424 m/s.

(a) What is the resulting speed of the block?

m/s

(b) What is the speed of the bullet-block center of mass?

m/s

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