Question: The gun contains a spring. The spring is compressed when the gun is armed, giving the spring a certain amount of potential energy. Before the

The gun contains a spring. The spring is compressed when the gun is armed, giving the spring a certain amount of potential energy. Before the launch, you put PE into the launcher spring. (This is compressional or spring PE, not gravitational PE.) Where does this energy come from?

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