Question

A 0.75-kg block slides on a rough horizontal table top. Just before it hits a horizontal ideal spring its speed is 3.5 m/s. It compresses the spring 5.7 cm before coming to rest. If the spring constant is 1200 N/m, the thermal energy of the block and the table top must have:
A) not changed
B) decreased by 1.9 J
C) decreased by 2.6 J
D) increased by 1.9 J
E) increased by 2.6 J

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