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Which answer best represents the system’s change in energy for the following process? The system includes Earth, two carts, and a compressed spring between the carts. The spring is released, and in the final state, one cart is moving up a frictionless ramp until it stops. The other cart is moving in the opposite direction on a horizontal frictionless track.
Kinetic energy to gravitational potential energy
Elastic potential energy to gravitational potential energy
Elastic potential energy to kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy
Elastic potential energy to kinetic energy
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