Question

19)The desperate contestants on a TV survival show are very hungry. The only food they can see is some fruit hanging on a branch high in a tree. Fortunately, they have a spring they can use to launch a rock. The spring constant is 1000. N/m, and they can compress the spring a maximum of 30. cm. All the rocks on the island seem to have a mass of 400. g a. (5 points) With what speod does the rock leave the ground? (5 points) How high will the rock rise into the air? If the fruit hangs 15 m above the ground, will they feast or go hungry? b.

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