Question: We start with two masses, m _ ( 1 ) ( 0 . 6 kg ) and m _ ( 2 ) ( 0 .

We start with two masses, m_(1)(0.6kg) and m_(2)(0.8kg), attached like below. Block 2 is
attached to a spring (k=31.25) and is stretched to 31 cm from the wall. At equilibrium,
m_(2) is at 15 cm from the wall. Before being released (initial state), neither mass is moving.
After being released, m_(2) moves along a smooth, frictionless surface, traveling for 0.16
seconds before reaching the equilibrium point (final state). If I am on Jupiter, where my
gravitational acceleration is 25,000m(m)/(s^(2)), how far did m_(1) travel from my initial state to
my final state? (Hint:
Draw out all Kinetic
Energies and
Potential Energies in
your bar chart for
each mass in your
Work-Energy Bar
Chart, and wait until
the very end to round
your numbers).
We start with two masses, m _ ( 1 ) ( 0 . 6 kg )

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