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A toy launcher that is used to launch small plastic spheres horizontally contains a spring with a spring constant of 50. newtons per meter. The spring is compressed a distance of 0.10 meter when the launcher is ready to launch a plastic sphere.
- How much potential energy does the spring store?
- What is the restoring force on the spring?
- What is the maximum speed it will launch with?
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