A 0.30-kg block sliding on a horizontal frictionless surface with a speed of 2.5 m/s, as depicted

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A 0.30-kg block sliding on a horizontal frictionless surface with a speed of 2.5 m/s, as depicted in ▼ Figure 5.21, strikes a light spring that has a spring constant of 3.0 × 103 N/m. (a) What is the total mechanical energy of the system? (b) What is the kinetic energy K1
of the block when the spring is compressed a distance x1 = 1.0 cm? (Assume that no energy is lost in the collision.)
THINKING IT THROUGH. (a) Initially, the total mechanical energy is all kinetic energy. (a) The total energy is the same as in part (a), but it is now divided between kinetic energy and spring potential energy (assuming the spring is not fully compressed).image text in transcribed

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