Question: On a frictionless horizontal surface, a 5 . 0 0 kg mass traveling at 2 0 . 0 0 m / s collides with and

On a frictionless horizontal surface, a 5.00 kg mass traveling at 20.00 m/s collides with and sticks to a 5.00 kg mass that is initially at rest. This system then runs into an ideal spring of force constant 25.0 N/m. Using your knowledge of conservation of energy, conservation of momentum, and ideal spring (a) what will be the maximum compression of the spring? (b) how much mechanical energy is lost during this entire process? (c) during which parts of the process (the collision and compression of the spring) is the energy lost and why?

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