A large block of wood of mass \( M = 5.99 \, \text{kg} \) is hanging from two long massless cords. A bullet of mass \( m = 10 \, \text{g} \) is fired into the block and gets embedded in it. The (block + bullet) then swing upwards, their centre of mass rising a vertical distance \( h = 9.8 \, \text{cm} \) before the (block + bullet) pendulum comes momentarily to rest at the end of its arc. The speed of the bullet just before collision is: (Take \( g = 9.8 \, \text{m s}^{-2} \)). 
A uniform chain of length \( 3 \, \text{meter} \) and mass \( 3 \, \text{kg} \) overhangs a smooth table with \( 2 \, \text{meter} \) laying on the table. If \( k \) is the kinetic energy of the chain in joule as it completely slips off the table, then the value of \( k \) is ________. (Take \( g = 10 \, \text{m/s}^{2} \))
