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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A moving cart hits a spring, traveling 5.0m/s at the time of contact. At the instant the cart is motionless, by how much is the spring compressed?

OpenStudy (jamesj):

You need the spring constant

OpenStudy (jamesj):

But in any case, all of the KE is converted into spring potential energy (Spring PE). I know you know the formula for KE; do you know how to calculate Spring PE?

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