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Boxes A 7.00 kg and B 15.00 kg , to the right of A
move on a frictionless, horizontal surface. Box B is traveling to
the left at 0.500 m/s, and box A is traveling to the right at 2.00
m/s initially. The boxes are attached with ideal spring bumpers.
Eventually, they have head-on collision. consider that all motion
before and after it is along a horizontal axis. Assume that +x is
the direction of the initial motion of A.
a) Find the maximum energy stored in the spring bumpers.
b) Calculate the velocity of block A when the energy stored in the
spring bumpers is
maximum.
c) Calculate the velocity of block B when the energy stored in the
spring bumpers is maximum.
d)Calculate the velocity of block A after the blocks have moved
apart.
e) Calculate the velocity of block B after the blocks have moved
apart.