Question involving conservation law and springs

In summary: Yes, it is half. So you can express this in terms of T. Now you can set up an energy conservation equation and solve for T.In summary, a freight car of mass 1800kg collides into a spring-loaded bumper consisting of an 800kg mass and large springs. The car, initially moving at an unknown speed, comes to rest after traveling 2.4m. Using conservation of linear momentum, the initial speed of the car is calculated to be 10.9 m/s. The second part of the problem involves finding the time taken for the car to come to rest
  • #36
i'm sorry...the speed should be 4.2m/s because that is the speed right after collision.

I get a k of 7962.5N/m and therefore T = 3.60s

Can you confirm this?

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP! =)
 
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  • #37
Confirmed. Don't forget that 3.60 s is not the time you are looking for.
 

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