A 263 g ball of clay falls onto a vertical spring. The spring constant k = 2.52 N/cm.
The clay sticks to the spring and as the spring compresses a distance of 11.8 cm the clay momentarily comes to rest.
Find the maximum compression of the spring, in [cm], if the initial speed of the clay doubled?

Thomas his older brothers, who own a junk yard, on the weekends to earn extra money. he likes to them push broken-down cars to the back of the junk yard because it makes him feel strong. last saturday, they pushed three cars with different weights, and he noticed he used different amounts of force for each one. the cars were the following weights: white car: 2,700 kg red car: 1,500 kg blue car: 2,100 kg think about how much force is needed to move each car. which correctly lists the cars in order from the most to least amount of force needed to move them? a) white, blue, red b) blue, red, white c) red, white, blue d) white, red, blue