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A 5.08×104 kgkg railroad car moves on frictionless horizontal rails until it hits a horizontal spring stopper with a force constant of 4.09×105 N/mN/m . When the railroad car comes to a complete stop, the compression of the spring stopper is 30 cmcm . How fast was the railroad car initially?
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