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Spring-Launched Rolling Cart
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Predict the height to which a spring-compressed cart will rise on an inclined plane given the mass, spring constant, and amount of spring compression. Do the experiment.


Fishbane Chapter:   7.2
HRW 9th:   8.08
Reese Chapter:   8.913
RHK 5th:   12.2
SJ 3rd Chapter:   7.4
PIRA DCS classification:   1M40.632

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