A 2000-kg ore car rolls 50.0 m down a frictionless 10.0° incline. If there is a horizontal spring at the end of the incline, what spring constant is required to stop the ore car in a distance of 2.00 m?

a. 340 kN/m
c. 1700 kN/m
b. 68.1 kN/m
d. 85.1 kN/m


D

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