Given, height, h=1m mass, m=1‌kg spring constant, k=15Nm−1 The kinetic energy of mass after falling on the platform will be converted into potential energy of the spring. Thus, mg(h+x)=‌
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kx2 ‌1×10(1+x)‌=‌
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×15×x2 ⇒‌10×‌
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(1+x)‌=x2 ⇒‌
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(1+x)‌=x2 ⇒‌4+4x‌=3x2 ⇒3x2−4x−4‌=0 ⇒3x2−6x+2x−4‌=0 ⇒3x(x−2)+2(x−2)‌=0 ⇒‌(x−2)‌=0 or ‌‌(3x+2)‌=0 ‌x=2m or x‌=‌
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m Since, x is the compression, which cannot be negative, thus x=2m.