A 1000-kg car rolling on a smooth horizontal surface ( no friction) has speed of 20 m/s when it strikes a horizontal spring and is brought to rest in a distance of 2 m What is the spring’s stiffness constant?

Explanation:

kinetic energy was converted to potential energy in the spring.

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force is mass*acceleration.

we have a very small mass: 11.4*0.001 kg

if we want 0.035n of force, we need an acceleration:

0.035 = 11.4*0.001*a

a = 0.035/(11.4*0.001) m/s^2

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