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Question

How long does a 960-kg truck remain in contact with a heavy-duty buffer after crashing into it at 26 m/s and compressing it by 6.0 m before it rebounds?

Illustration of a 960 kg truck approaching a spring buffer in a physics context.

Accepted Answer

0.73 s

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0.11 s

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0.45 s

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0.67 s