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A 2.6kg box is sliding along a frictionless horizontal surface with a speed of 1.8m/s when it encounters a spring.
A. Determine the force constant of the spring if the box compresses the spring 7.50cm before coming to rest.
B. Determine the initial speed the box would need to be in order to compress the spring by 1.30cm
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