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To demonstrate his new high-speed camera, Flash performs an experiment in the physics lab in which he shoots a pellet gun at a pumpkin to record the moment of impact on film. The 1.0-g pellet travels at 100. m/s until it embeds itself 2.0 cm into the pumpkin. What average force does the pumpkin exert to stop the pellet?

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First, convert g to kg and cm to m.

1.0 g 0.0010 kg    2.0 cm = 020 m

Before you can solve for the force in the exercise, you must first know how long the force is being exerted. Remember, in order to find the time, you must use the average velocity, vav

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