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A 2kg block slides on a horizontal floor with a speed of 4m/s. It strikes an uncompressed spring and compresses it till the block is motionless. The kinetic friction force is 15N and spring constant is 10,000N/m. The spring compresses by:

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5.5cm
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2.5cm
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11.0cm
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8.5cm
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Solution

The correct option is A 5.5cm
The total kinetic energy possessed by the block goes into the potential energy of the spring and the work done against friction.

Let x be the compression of the spring.

Thus 12mv2=frx+12kx2

5000x2+15x16=0

x=0.055m=5.5cm

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