A child s pogo stick figure stores energy in a spring with a

Last updated: 6/2/2023

A child s pogo stick figure stores energy in a spring with a force constant of 2 5 x 10 N m At position A x 0 10 m the spring compression is a maximum and the child is momentarily at rest At position B xg 0 the spring is relaxed and the child is moving upward At position C the child is again momentarily at rest at the top of the jump The combined mass of child and pogo stick is 25 kg Calculate the total energy of the child stick earth system if both gravitational and elastic potential energies are zero for x 0 C A B LAA TL Xe 3 150 J 4 75 J