Question

A block of mass m1 = 4.00 kg slides along a frictionless table with a speed of 16.0 m/s. Directly in front of it, and moving in the same direction, is a block of mass m2 = 5.00 kg moving at 7.00 m/s. A massless spring with a spring constant k = 1220 N/m is attached to the backside of m2. When the blocks collide, what is the maximum compression (in meters) of the spring?

Answer 1

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