Question: The 3-kg object in Figure is released from rest at a height of 5 m on a curved frictionless ramp. At the foot of the

The 3-kg object in Figure is released from rest at a height of 5 m on a curved frictionless ramp. 

At the foot of the ramp is a spring of force constant k = 400 N/m. The object slides down the ramp and into the spring, compressing it a distance x before coming momentarily to rest. 

(a) Find x. 

(b) What happens to the object after it comes to rest?

k = 400 N/m Oriumu 5 m

k = 400 N/m Oriumu 5 m

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