Bullet and wooden block

# Bullet and wooden block

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A bullet of mass m is fired at speed v0 into a wooden block of mass M. The bullet instantaneously comes to rest in the block. The block with the embedded bullet slides along a horizontal surface with a coefficient of kinetic friction mu . Which one of the following expressions determines how far the block slides before it comes to rest (the magnitude of displacement s in the figure)?

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Kinetic Friction
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