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Quantifying elastic potential energy A moving car has 40,000 J of kinetic...

Quantifying elastic potential energy

A moving car has 40,000 J of kinetic energy while moving at a speed of 7.0 m/s. A spring-loaded automobile bumper compresses 0.30 m when the car hits a wall and stops. What can you learn about the bumper’s spring using this information? Answer quantitatively and list the assumptions that you made.

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