A runaway railroad car,with mass 30 × 104 kg,coasts across a level track at 2.0 m/s when it collides with a spring-loaded bumper at the end of the track.If the spring constant of the bumper is 4.0 × 106 N/m,what is the maximum compression of the spring during the collision? (Assume the collision is elastic. )
A) 0.77 m
B) 0.55 m
C) 0.34 m
D) 1.07 m
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