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a 5 kg crate falls from a height of 2.0 m into an industrial spring scale. When the crate comes to rest the compression of the spring is 24 cm. what is the spring constant?
11 years ago

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bobpursley
energy stored in spring=PE lost bycrate
1/2 k .24^2=5*9.8*(2.0+.24)^2

solve for k
11 years ago

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