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8.5 Exercise 4

Avg difficulty 2.5

In the Hunger Gamesmovie, Katniss Everdeen fires a 0.0200-kg arrow from ground level to pierce an apple up on a stage. The spring constant of the bow is 330 N/m and she pulls the arrow back a distance of 0.55 m. The apple on the stage is 5.00 m higher than the launching point of the arrow. At what speed does the arrow (a) leave the bow? (b) strike the apple?

OpenStax University Physics Volume 1, 8.5 Sources of Energy, exercise 4

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