A 7.17 g pellet is shot horizontally from a BB gun at a speed of 24.8 m/s into a 28.7 g wooden block. The wooden block is attached to a spring and lies on a frictionless table. If the collision is inelastic and the spring constant k = 16.0 N/m, what is the maximum compression of the spring?

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A 7.17 g pellet is shot horizontally from a BB gun at a speed of 24.8 m/s into a 28.7 g wooden block. The wooden block is attached to a spring and lies on a frictionless table. If the collision is inelastic and the spring constant k = 16.0 N/m, what is the maximum compression of the spring?

 
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