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Published on: September 11, 2026
A ball of mass 
, moving with a velocity of 
collides with a spring of length 
and force constant 
. The length of the compressed spring is 
The value of 
to the nearest integer, is 
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6
(6) JEE Main 2021
Let's say the compression in the spring by: y. So, by work energy theorem we have
final length of spring 
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