A 3.628 kg freight car moving along a horizontal rail road spur track at $7.2\; km/hour$ strikes a bumper whose coil springs experiences a maximum compression of $30 \;cm$ in stopping the car. The elastic potential energy of the springs at the instant when they are compressed $15\; cm$ is [2013]
(a) $12.1 \times 10^4\;J$ (b) $121 \times 10^4\;J$ (c) $1.21 \times 10^4\;J$ (d) $1.21 \times 10^4\;J$
A 3.628 kg freight car moving along a horizontal rail road spur track at $7.2\; km/hour$ strikes a bumper whose coil springs experiences a maximum compression of $30 \;cm$ in stopping the car. The elastic potential energy of the springs at the instant when they are compressed $15\; cm$ is [2013]
(a) $12.1 \times 10^4\;J$ (b) $121 \times 10^4\;J$ (c) $1.21 \times 10^4\;J$ (d) $1.21 \times 10^4\;J$
- A
zero
- B
$mgvt$ $\cos ^2 \theta$
- C
$mgvt$ $\sin ^2 \theta$
- D
$mgvt$ $\sin 2 \theta$
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