The 1.5-kg block slides along a smooth plane and strikes a nonlinear spring with a speed of v = 4 m/s. The spring is termed "nonlinear" because it has a resistance of F_s = ks², where k = 900 N/m². Determine the speed of the block after it has compressed the spring s = 0.2 m.

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