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Homework Statement
A 15kg block is attached to a very light horizontal spring of force constant 500 N/m and is resting on a frictionless horizontal table. It is struck by a 3kg stone traveling horizontally at 8m/s to the right, whereupon the stone rebounds at 2 m/s horizontally to the left.
Find the maximum distance that the block will compress the spring after the collision.
Homework Equations
m1v1i + m2v2i = m1v1f + m2v2f
ΔKE + ΔEE = 0
The Attempt at a Solution
Using conservation of momentum I ended up with v2 final (the 15kg block) being 2 m/s.
Then I plugged that into 1/2mv^2 - 1/2kx^2 = 0 and solved for x.
I got 0.346m, is this correct?