A box of mass 2.0 kg, traveling horizontally, hits an uncompressed spring with an initial velocity, Vo, and compresses the spring to a maximum distance of 0.05 meters (at the maximum distance the box stops).  The value of the spring force constant is k= 50 N/m. There is no friction in the system. Use the work-energy theorem (chapter 6) to find the initial velocity, Vo, of the box.

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A box of mass 2.0 kg, traveling horizontally, hits an uncompressed spring with an initial velocity, Vo, and compresses the spring to a maximum distance of 0.05 meters (at the maximum distance the box stops).  The value of the spring force constant is k= 50 N/m. There is no friction in the system. Use the work-energy theorem (chapter 6) to find the initial velocity, Vo, of the box.

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