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A block of mass 5.0 kg slides without friction at a speed of 8.0 m/s on a horizontal table...

A block of mass 5.0 kg slides without friction at a speed of 8.0 m/s on a horizontal table surface until it strikes and sticks to a mass of 4.0 kg attached to a horizontal spring (with spring constant of k = 2000.0 N/m), which in turn is attached to a wall. How far is the spring compressed before the masses come to rest?

a) 0.40 m

b) 0.54 m

c) 0.30 m

d) 0.020 m

e) 0.67 m

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