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When I plug in the data I get the final distance in the x direction to be about .4m which seems unreasonable.

What should I plug in for the ##Δx_0## and ##Δx_f## for ##PE_{spring}##?

Homework Statement A small steel ball of mass .0283kg is placed on the end of a plunger of length .0051m attached to a spring 1.88m above the ground. The spring is pre-compressed .0011m and has a spring constant of 177 N/m. The plunger is then angled on a ramp 45° above the horizontal, and is...