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shawli
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Homework Statement
A spring with a spring constant of 450 N/m hangs vertically. You attach a 2.2 kg block to it and allow the mass to fall. What is the maximum distance the block will fall before it begins moving upward?
Homework Equations
I'm not exactly sure how the conservation of energy equation would look for this. So, when the mass pulls the spring down to its maximum displacement, there is only elastic potential energy in the isolated spring system. Now I'm not sure what other point to use this information in reference to.
If it's the equilibrium position that I'm also supposed to look at, then I'm not sure what forms of energy are present at that point.