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Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
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Chapter 7, Problem 46P
A spring of negligible mass has force constant k = 1600 N/m. (a) How far must the spring be compressed so that 3.20 J of potential energy is stored in it? (b) You place the spring vertically with one end on the floor. You then drop a 1.20 kg book onto it from a height of 0.80 m above the top of the spring. Find the maximum distance the spring will be compressed.
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