• A 50.0 kg circus acrobat drops from a height of 2.0 m straight down onto a springboard with a force constant of 8.00 × 103 N/m. By what maximum distance does she compress the spring?
• Using energy considerations and assuming negligible air resistance, show that a rock thrown from a bridge 20.0 m above water with an initial speed of 15.0 m/s strikes the water with a speed of 24.8 m/s independent of the direction thrown.
Question 1: The 8-kg ball is connected with a spring as shown. Initially the spring is compressed by 0.2 m. Then under the applied force F, the spring is stretched to 0.6 m. Determine the total work done to the ball during this process. The slope is smooth.