Express answers without rounding off QUESTION 3A toy car of mass m is pushed along a frictionless track so that it is moving at a speed v1. It hits a spring with stiffness k at the end of the track causing the spring to compress. What is the maximum compression x of thespring?By conservation of energy.K1 + U1 = K2 + U2Some of the terms in the egquation above are zero; thus it can be simplified to:2 - 14½mIsolating the compression x,x= (2,1/2Suppose the mass of the toy car moving at 2.5 m/s is 0.0505 kg and the spring constant is k = 605 N/m, the spring will experience a maximum compression of 0.084 m.

Given: The mass of the car is 0.0505 kg. The velocity of the car is 2.5 m/s. The spring constant of…

QUESTION 3 A toy car of mass m is pushed along a frictionless track so that it is moving at a speed v. It hits a spring with stiffness k at the end of the track causing the spring to compress. What is the maximum compression x of the spring? By conservation of energy. Kq + U1 = K2 + U2 Some of the terms in the equation above are zero: thus it can be simplified to: Isolating the compression x, 2, 1/2 Suppose the mass of the toy car moving at 2.5 m/s is 0.0505 kg and the spring constant is k- 605 N/m, the spring will experience a maximum compression of 0.0 84 m.

QUESTION 3 A toy car of mass m is pushed along a frictionless track so that it is moving at a speed v. It hits a spring with stiffness k at the end of the track causing the spring to compress. What is the maximum compression x of the spring? By conservation of energy. Kq + U1 = K2 + U2 Some of the terms in the equation above are zero: thus it can be simplified to: Isolating the compression x, 2, 1/2 Suppose the mass of the toy car moving at 2.5 m/s is 0.0505 kg and the spring constant is k- 605 N/m, the spring will experience a maximum compression of 0.0 84 m.

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