1995B1. As shown above, a 0.20 -kilogram mass is sliding on a horizontal, frictionless air track with a speed of 3.0 meters per second when it instantaneously hits and sticks to a 1.3 -kilogram mass initially at rest on the track. The 1.3-kilogram mass is connected to one end of a massless spring, which has a spring constant of 100 newtons per meter. The other end of the spring is fixed.
a. Determine the following for the 0.20 -kilogram mass immediately before the impact.
i. Its linear momentum
ii. Its kinetic energy
b. Determine the following for the combined masses immediately after the impact.
i. The linear momentum
ii. The kinetic energy
After the collision, the two masses compress the spring as shown.
c. Determine the maximum compression distance of the spring.