A ball of mass m initially at rest falls from a height h

Last updated: 6/21/2023

A ball of mass m initially at rest falls from a height h through a curved path to ground level see figure Then it is damped by a spring with a constant of elasticity k until it stops Using the law of conservation of mechanical energy find the velocity of the ball just before it touches the spring and the distance the spring is compressed from its equilibrium length to when the ball stops k