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question 35

Short Answer

In the figure,a 5.00-kg block is moving at 5.00 m/s along a horizontal frictionless surface toward an ideal massless spring that is attached to a wall.After the block collides with the spring,the spring is compressed a maximum distance of 0.68 m.What is the speed of the block when it has moved so that the spring is compressed to only one-half of the maximum distance?

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