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AP Physics C (Mech)
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OS-UP-8-63 · OpenStax University Physics Volume 1

Sources of Energy (Problem 63)

A pogo stick has a spring with a spring constant of which can be compressed 12.0 cm. To what maximum height from the uncompressed spring can a child jump on the stick using only the energy in the spring, if the child and stick have a total mass of 40 kg?