Spring-loaded dart gun compression · CAP 2006 #8

Physics · mechanics

Problem

A dart is loaded into a spring-loaded toy dart gun by pushing the spring in by a distance d. For the next loading, the spring is compressed a distance 2d. How much faster does the second dart leave the gun compared to the first? (a) four times as fast; (b) two times as fast; (c) the same; (d) half as fast; (e) one-fourth as fast.

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