The Splatmaster paintball gun uses a spring to accelerate a small paintball from rest and shoot it out of the gun. The spring is compressed a distance of 0.05 m, then the paintball (mass m = 1.25 x 103 kg) is placed at rest next to the spring. When the trigger is pulled, the spring is released and the paintball shoots out. What is the spring constant of the spring if the paintball is traveling at 30.5 m/s as it passes through the equilibrium point of the spring? O 3.36 N/m O 0.763 N/m 465 N/m O 23.3 N/m

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The Splatmaster paintball gun uses a spring to accelerate a small paintball from rest and shoot it out of the gun. The
spring is compressed a distance of 0.05 m, then the paintball (mass m = 1.25 x 103 kg) is placed at rest next to the
spring. When the trigger is pulled, the spring is released and the paintball shoots out. What is the spring constant of the
spring if the paintball is traveling at 30.5 m/s as it passes through the equilibrium point of the spring?
O 3.36 N/m
O 0.763 N/m
465 N/m
O 23.3 N/m
Transcribed Image Text:The Splatmaster paintball gun uses a spring to accelerate a small paintball from rest and shoot it out of the gun. The spring is compressed a distance of 0.05 m, then the paintball (mass m = 1.25 x 103 kg) is placed at rest next to the spring. When the trigger is pulled, the spring is released and the paintball shoots out. What is the spring constant of the spring if the paintball is traveling at 30.5 m/s as it passes through the equilibrium point of the spring? O 3.36 N/m O 0.763 N/m 465 N/m O 23.3 N/m
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