Solving for Coefficient of Kinetic Friction

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Homework Statement


You push a 2.0 kg block against a horizontal spring, compressing the spring by 15 cm. When you release the block, the spring forces it to slide across a tabletop. It stops 75 cm from where you released it. The spring constant is 200 N/m. What is the coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the table?

Homework Equations


Ki + Uspi = Kf + Uspf


The Attempt at a Solution


i've already set Ki=0 and Uspf=0, but I'm having trouble finding the Vf
 
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So you store energy in the spring, which is then transferred to the block. It then loses this energy and stops. Where did it go?
 
what do you mean where did it go?

the block stopped 75 cm from where it was released