Physics Help?

Posted on 2015-11-19 06:29:00 in Math by RIMY

I tried solving this problem but can't come up the the right answer and have no idea how to do it: 



Two identical springs (neglect their masses) are used to “play catch” with a small block of mass 160 g (see the figure(Figure 1) ). Spring A is attached to the floor and compressed 10.0 cm with the mass on the end of it (loosely). Spring A is released from rest and the mass is accelerated upward. It impacts the spring attached to the ceiling, compresses it 2.00 cm, and stops after traveling a distance of 30.0 cm from the relaxed position of spring A to the relaxed position of spring B as shown. 



Determine the spring constant of the two springs (same since they are identical).

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