In the figure, two blocks of masses m and 3m are linked by a light, inextensible rope that passes through an ideal pulley. Block m is tied to a spring with force constant k that joins it to the floor. Initially, the spring is in its equilibrium position and the entire system is at rest. a) Find the maximum distance x that the spring elongates if the system starts from rest.
b) What is the speed of the blocks when they have travelled half that distance?

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Stars are born within the clouds of dust and scattered throughout most galaxies. a familiar example of such as a dust cloud is the orion nebula. turbulence deep within these clouds gives rise to knots with sufficient mass that the gas and dust can begin to collapse under its own gravitational attraction. as the cloud collapses, the material at the center begins to heat up. known as a protostar, it is this hot core at the heart of the collapsing cloud that will one day become a star. three-dimensional computer models of star formation predict that the spinning clouds of collapsing gas and dust may break up into two or three blobs; this would explain why the majority the stars in the milky way are paired or in groups of multiple stars.therefor, i would say the answer is: dust and gases contract.i hope this ! < 3

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