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A 1000-kg car rolling on a smooth horizontal surface ( no friction) has speed of 20 m/s when it strikes a horizontal spring and is brought to rest in a distance of 2 m What is the spring’s stiffness constant?

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Step-by-step explanation:

kinetic energy was converted to potential energy in the spring.

the answer is in the above image

A 1000-kg car rolling on a smooth horizontal surface ( no friction) has speed of 20 m-example-1
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