A 20 Kg Box Is Traveling at 5

question 44

Short Answer

A 2.0 kg box is traveling at 5.0 m/s on a smooth horizontal surface when it collides with and sticks to a stationary 6.0 kg box.The larger box is attached to an ideal spring of force constant (spring constant)150 N/m,as shown in the figure.Find (a)the amplitude of the resulting oscillations of this system,(b)the frequency of the oscillations and (c)the period of the oscillations.

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