A spring with a constant of #2 (kg)/(s^2)# is lying on the ground with one end attached to a wall. An object with a mass of #8 kg # and speed of # 5 m/s# collides with and compresses the spring until it stops moving. How much will the spring compress?
1 Answer
Apr 19, 2016
Explanation:
Energy is conserved in this reaction.
Kinetic energy of the object is given by
Rearranging this to make
Putting in values the question gives us,