Question: A vertical spring (ignore its mass), whose spring stiffness constant is 950 N/m, is attached to a table and is compressed down 0.150 m. (a)

  • A vertical spring (ignore its mass), whose spring stiffness constant is 950 N/m, is attached to a table and is compressed down 0.150 m. 

  • (a) What upward speed can it give to a 0.30-kg ball when released? 

  • (b) How high above its original position (spring compressed) will the ball fly?

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