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Recap - Spring Launcher

Part of the Mechanics section of Coddy's Physics journey. Lesson 64 of 97.

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Challenge

A pinball plunger spring is pulled back 0.05 m0.05\ \mathrm{m} and launches a 0.1 kg0.1\ \mathrm{kg} ball up the smooth table, tilted at 15∘15^\circ. When the ball is 0.5 m0.5\ \mathrm{m} higher than where it started, it still moves at 3 m/s3\ \mathrm{m/s}. The picture shows the ball twice: at the start and at that moment. Draw the forces on it at that moment, from the dot, then find the spring constant kk of the plunger spring.

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Physics diagram: ramp, spring, ball, vec, path; arrows v = 3 m/s

Solve for kk

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