A 15.0kg block is attached to a very light horizontal spring of force constant 3

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A 15.0kg block is attached to a very light horizontal spring of force constant 350 N/m and is resting on a smooth horizontal table. (See the figure below (Figure 1) .) Suddenly it is struck by a 3.00kg stone traveling horizontally at 8.00m/s to the right, whereupon the stone rebounds at 2.00m/s horizontally to the left. Part A Find the maximum distance that the block will compress the spring after the collision.(Hint: Break this problem into two parts - the collision and the behavior after the collision - and apply the appropriate conservation law to each part.)

Explanation / Answer

k =350 N/m 3(8-(-2)) = 15v v = 2 m/s .5*15*2^2 = .5*350*x^2 x = 0.414 m

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