A 6.5 g marble is fired vertically upward using a spring gun. The spring must be compressed 9.1 cm if the marble is to just reach a target 25 m above the marble's position on the compressed spring. (a) What is the change AUg in the gravitational potential energy of the marble-Earth system during the 25 m ascent? (b) What is the change AUs in the elastic potential energy of the spring during its launch of the marble? (c) What is the spring constant of the spring? (a) Number Units (b) Number Units (c) Number Units

A 6.5 g marble is fired vertically upward using a spring gun. The spring must be compressed 9.1 cm if the marble is to just reach a target 25 m above the marble's position on the compressed spring. (a) What is the change AUg in the gravitational potential energy of the marble-Earth system during the 25 m ascent? (b) What is the change AUs in the elastic potential energy of the spring during its launch of the marble? (c) What is the spring constant of the spring? (a) Number Units (b) Number Units (c) Number Units

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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

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