Consult Multiple-Concept Example 8 for background pertinent to this problem. A 2.62-g bullet, traveling at a speed of 417 m/s, strikes the wooden block of a ballistic pendulum, such as that in Figure 7.14. The block has a mass of 274 g.
(a) Find the speed of the bullet/block combination immediately after the collision.
(b) How high does the combination rise above its initial position?