A bullet of mass $m$ moving with a speed $v$ strikes a wooden block of mass $M$ and gets embedded into the block. The final speed is

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  • A

    $\sqrt {\frac{M}{{M + m}}} v$

  • B

    $\sqrt {\frac{m}{{M + m}}} v$

  • C

    $\frac{m}{{M + m}}v$

  • D

    $\frac {v}{2}$

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