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A runaway railroad car with mass 3.0 105 kg coasts across a level track at 2.0 m/s when it collides elastically with a spring-loaded bumper at the end of the track. If the spring constant of the bumper is 2.0 106 N/m, what is the maximum compression of the spring during the collision?

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Physics: Principles with Applications
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