SHM of a Butcher's Scale A spring of negligible mass and force constant k = 400 N/m

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SHM of a Butcher's Scale A spring of negligible mass and force constant k = 400 N/m is hung vertically, and a 0.200-kg pan is suspended from its lower end. A butcher drops a 2.2-kg steak onto the pan from a height of 0.40 m. The steak makes a totally inelastic collision with the pan and sets the system into vertical SHM. What are?
(a) The speed of the pan and steak immediately after the collision;
(b) The amplitude of the subsequent motion;
(c) The period of that motion?
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