A spring with a constant of 5 (kg)/(s^2) is lying on the ground with one end attached to a wall. An object with a mass of 5 kg and speed of 7 m/s collides with and compresses the spring until it stops moving. How much will the spring compress?
1 Answer
May 22, 2017
The distance is
Explanation:
The spring constant is
The kinetic energy of the object is
This kinetic energy will be stored in the spring as potential energy.
So,