A spring of negligible mass is compressed between two blocks, A and B, which are at rest on a frictionless horizontal surface at a distance of 1.00 m from a wall on the left and 4.40 m from a wall on the right. The sizes of the blocks and the spring are small. When the spring is released, block A moves toward the left wall and strikes it at the same instant that block B strikes the right wall. The mass of A is 0.600 kg. What is the mass of B? kg

A spring of negligible mass is compressed between two blocks, A and B, which are at rest on a frictionless horizontal surface at a distance of 1.00 m from a wall on the left and 4.40 m from a wall on the right. The sizes of the blocks and the spring are small. When the spring is released, block A moves toward the left wall and strikes it at the same instant that block B strikes the right wall. The mass of A is 0.600 kg. What is the mass of B? kg

College Physics

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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

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