Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134202709
Author: Richard Wolfson
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Chapter 7, Problem 23E
You work for a toy company, and you’re designing a spring-launched model rocket. The launching apparatus has room for a spring that can be compressed 14 cm, and the rocket’s mass is 65 g. If the rocket is to reach an altitude of 35 m, what should you specify for the spring constant?
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