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100 kg car moving at 22 m/s runs into a horizontal spring with spring constant 4200 N/m. How far does the car displace the spring before coming to a stop? Please show your work.

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Kinetic energy=final PE
1/2 m v^2=1/2 k x^2
solve for x

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