A 1500-kg car moving at 25 m/s hits an initially uncompressed horizontal ideal spring with spring constant (force constant) of 2.0 × 106 N/m. What is the maximum distance the spring compresses?

A) 0.17 m
B) 0.34 m
C) 0.51 m
D) 0.68 m


D

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