A runaway railroad car, with mass 3.0 3 105 kg, coastsacross a level track at 2.0 m/s

Chapter 15, Problem 6

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A runaway railroad car, with mass 3.0 3 105 kg, coastsacross a level track at 2.0 m/s when it collides elasticallywith a spring-loaded bumper at the end of the track.If the spring constant of the bumper is 2.0 3 106 N/m,what is the maximum compression of the spring duringthe collision? (a) 0.77 m (b) 0.58 m (c) 0.34 m(d) 1.07 m (e) 1.24 m

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