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A UPS worker places a 5.00 kg package at the top of a smooth ramp 2.60 m above the horizontal and gives the package an initial velocity of 4.25 m/s as it slides down the ramp. After it reaches to the bottom of the packaging ramp, the box slides across a smooth floor until it compresses a spring with a stiffness of 3830 N/m.
a) How much will the spring be compressed before the block comes to a stop?
b) If the spring can do work at a rate of 385 W, how long will it take for the spring to be compressed by the package?
The spring will compressed by 0.192 m = 19.2 cm
It will take 0.366 second or 366 milliseconds