A cube of mass m = 0.49 kg is set against a spring with a spring constant of k1 = 606 N/m which has been compressed by a distance of 0.1 m. Some distance in front of it, along a frictionless surface, is another spring with a spring constant of k2 = 233 N/m. How far d2, in meters, will the second spring compress when the block runs into it?

0.161 m

Explanation:

Given

mass of cube  

Spring constant

compression in the spring

When this cube is released then it will compress another spring of spring constant

Conserving energy

the chart show the masses and velocities of two colliding objects that stick together after a collision.

according to the law of conservation of momentum, the momentum of the object after the collision is  

answer

1,500

kg • m/s.