A mass of 2 kg falls from a height of 40 cm, on a spring with a force constant of 1960 N/m. The spring is compressed by ? (Take g=9.8m/s2)
A body of mass m = 1 kg is dropped from a height h = 40 cm on a horizontal platform fixed to one end of an elastic spring, the other being fixed to a base as shown in the figure. As a result, the spring is compressed by an amount x = 10 cm. What is the force constant of the spring? Take g=10 ms−2.