A 2 kg object (A) moving at 5.0 m/s slides headlong into a spring, which is attached to a 3 kg object (B) that is initially stationary but free to move. The spring has spring constant k = 3 kN/m. Assume the surface the objects are sliding on is frictionless.
a. What is the maximum compression distance of the spring?
b. What is the final kinetic energy of object B after the objects bounce apart?