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bogdanovich [222]
1 year ago
5

A 40,000 kg subway train is brought to a stop from a speed of 0.700 m/s in 0.250 m by a large spring bumper at the end of its tr

ack. What is the force constant k of the spring?

Physics
1 answer:
lozanna [386]1 year ago
5 0

Given,

The mass of the train, m=40000 kg

The initial velocity of the train, u=0.700 m/s

The compression in the spring bumper that stopped the train, x=0.250 m

The final velocity of the train, v=0 m/s

From the equation of motion,

v^2-u^2=2ax

Where a is the acceleration of the train.

On substituting the known values,

\begin{gathered} 0-0.700^2=2a\times0.250 \\ \Rightarrow a=\frac{-0.700^2}{2\times0.25} \\ =-0.98\text{ m/s}^2 \end{gathered}

The magnitude of the force applied by the train will be equal to the magnitude of the restoring force of the spring.

Therefore,

\begin{gathered} m|a|=kx \\ \Rightarrow k=\frac{m|a|}{x} \end{gathered}

Where k is the spring constant of the spring.

On substituting the known values,

\begin{gathered} k=\frac{40000\times0.98}{0.250} \\ =156800\text{ N/m} \end{gathered}

Therefore the spring constant of the spring is 156800 N/m

Thus the correct answer is option C.

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