Question

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You place a book on top of a spring and push down, compressing the spring by 10 cm. When you let go of the book, it is pushed up by the spring. Which statement describes what happens to the energy of the spring-book system?

A. The elastic potential energy of the system decreases.
B. The gravitational potential energy of the system decreases.
C. The kinetic energy of the system decreases.
D. The total energy of the system increases.

Answer 1

A

Step-by-step explanation:

Because its the answer I got on a certain learning site

Answer 2

Eliminate D as there is no nonconservative force, then look at each energies before and after. The speed of the book will increase, so kinetic energy is increasing. The height of the book is increasing, so gravitational potential energy is increasing. However, since the spring is becoming decompressed, the elastic potential energy is decreasing.