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lilavasa
15 days ago
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A person holds a 4.0 kg block at position A shown above on the left, in contact with an uncompressed vertical spring with a spri

ng constant of 500 N/m. The person gently lowers the block from rest at position A to rest at position B. Which of the following describes the change in the energy of the block-spring-Earth system as a result of the block being lowered?

Physics
1 answer:
Ostrovityanka [2.2K]15 days ago
3 0

Answer:

The energy reduces by roughly 1.5J

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