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A block of mass m1 = 2.20 kg initially moving to the right with a speed of 3.10 m/s on a frictionless, horizontal track collides with a spring attached to a second block of mass m2 = 4.7 kg initially moving to the left with a speed of 1.5 m/s.The spring constant is 528 N/m. What if m1 is initially moving at 3.6 m/s while m2 is initially at rest? (a) Find the maximum spring compression in this case. x = -Use the condition for maximum compression of the spring and momentum and energy methods to find the maximum compression. (b) What will be the individual velocities of the two masses (v1 and v2) after the spring extended fully again? (That is, when the two masses separate from each other after the collision is complete.) v1 = m/s to the left v2 = m/s to the right