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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 1:06pm.

A 0.70 kg block along a horizontal track has a speed of 1.10 m/s immediately before colliding with a light spring of force constant 3.50 N/m located at the end of the track. (a) What is the spring’s maximum compression if the track is frictionless?

physics - Elena, Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 1:51pm
mv²/2 = kx²/2
x=sqrt(mv²/k)

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