AS Mechanics [Maths] question on impulse/momentum - help!?

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I've done the rest of this exercise, and I'm stuck on this one question. Due tomorrow, its half term so I can't go ask my teacher for help and none of my friends do maths.

"A gun of mass 5kg fires a bullet of mass 40g. Given that the bullet leaves the gun with a speed of 500 m/s find the initial speed of recoil of the gun."

This is AS Edexcel Mechanics. A worked answer would be appreciated as I have the answer in the back of my textbook, I'm just completely stuck on how to get to it!

Thanks!
 
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