NEETPhysicsWork Energy and PowerMCQ+4 / −1
A mass of 0.5 kg moving with a speed of 1.5 m/s on horizontal smooth surface, collides with a nearly weightless spring of force constant k = 50 N/m. The maximum compression of the spring would be


- A0.15 m
- B0.12 m
- C1.5 m
- D0.5 m
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Correct answer: A
It is observed that if mass colloids with spring
in such case, spring will be compressed, so kinetic
energy of mass will be equal to that of springs
potential energy.
Further, if y is the compression, then
y = 0.15 m
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