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A pellet gun fires into a stationary block of wood that is attached to a spring...

A pellet gun fires into a stationary block of wood that is attached to a spring on a frictionless surface. When the bullet enters the wood, it remains inside, and the bullet and the block enter into simple harmonic motion with amplitude = 11.0 cm. The bullet (m = 5 grams) was initially traveling at 650 m/s before hitting the block of wood (m = 2.5 kg).

a) What is the spring constant of the spring?

b) What is the total energy of the system after the collision?

c) What is the maximum acceleration of the bullet/block system once it begins its oscillation?

d) Where will the bullet and block reach 0 velocity?

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