A 1.5 kg crate falls from a height of 2.0 m onto an industrial spring scale with a spring constant of 1.5 *10⁵ N/m.At its greatest compression the reading on the scale is:

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The potential energy of the crate is converted into the elastic potential energy of the spring. Using conservation of energy and solving for the force, the greatest compression force is 3.0 x 10^3 N.

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