To test the resilience of its bumper during low-speed collisions, a 4 060-kg automobile is driven into a brick wall. the car's bumper behaves like a spring with a force constant 8.00 106 n/m and compresses 3.72 cm as the car is brought to rest. what was the speed of the car before impact, assuming no mechanical energy is transformed or transferred away during impact with the wall

An asteroid is discovered in a nearly circular orbit around the sun, with an orbital radius that is 2.47 times earth's. what is the asteroid's orbital period, its "year," in terms of earth years?

Asuppose a suitcase has a mass of (m) 30 kg and a net force (n) of 10 kg*m/s. what is the acceleration rate of the suitcasein m/s? show your work to support your answer.

Agroup of students is studying convection currents. they fill two identical balloons with the same amount of helium. one balloon is placed in a freezer and the other in an area with warm air. after 10 minutes, the balloons are released from a height of 1 meter. which of the following do the students most likely observe? question 2 options: the balloons rise at the same rate. both balloons are the same size. the ballons both rise. the cold ballon is larger than the warm balloon. the cold balloon expands and rises. the warm balloon shrinks and sinks. the warm balloon expands and rises. the cold balloon shrinks and sinks.