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Homework Statement
A 16,000 kg F-18 (jet fighter) lands at 52 m/s on an aircraft carrier, its tail hook snags the cable to slow it down. The cable is attached to a spring with a spring constant of 60,000 N/m. How far does the spring stretch to stop the jet?
Homework Equations
f=-ks
motion equations
The Attempt at a Solution
too hard to put on computer