A bullet with mass $m=10\mathrm{.}0$g bullet is fired into a block with mass $m=2\mathrm{.}20$kg which is attached to a spring with a force constant of $23\mathrm{.}N/m.$ The bullet has a speed of $300$m/s just before it strikes the block and the block slides on a frictionless surface. Find how far the spring is compressed in units of cm.

After the spring is compressed, the system undergoes simple harmonic motion. Find the magnitude of the velocity when the block $($with embedded bullet$)$ is a half$-$way through a full amplitude.

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Given Mass of the bullet m bullet 100g 0010kg Mass of the block m block 220kg Initial velocity of the bullet v bullet before 300ms Force constant of the spring k 23Nm To solve this problem we can use ... View the full answer