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Given information

Mass of the bullet,    

Mass of the block,    

The coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the table,    

Spring constant,    

The distance moved by the embedded system when compressed by a spring,  

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

Fraction of initial kinetic energy lost can be calculated as 

  

where  is the initial kinetic energy while  is the final kinetic energy

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