A 3.6 g marble is fired vertically upward using a spring gun. The spring must be compressed 2.9 cm if the marble is to just reach a target 18 m above the marble's position on the compressed spring. (a) What is the change AU in the gravitational potential energy of the marble-Earth system during the 18 m ascent? (b) What is the change AU, in the elastic potential energy of the spring during its launch of the marble? (c) What is the spring constant of the spring? (a) Number i (b) Number i (c) Number i Units Units Units

A 3.6 g marble is fired vertically upward using a spring gun. The spring must be compressed 2.9 cm if the marble is to just reach a target 18 m above the marble's position on the compressed spring. (a) What is the change AU in the gravitational potential energy of the marble-Earth system during the 18 m ascent? (b) What is the change AU, in the elastic potential energy of the spring during its launch of the marble? (c) What is the spring constant of the spring? (a) Number i (b) Number i (c) Number i Units Units Units

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College Physics

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305952300

Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

Section: Chapter Questions

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