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3. An elevator cable breaks when a 755 kg elevator is 22.5 m above the top of a spring with spring constant 8.00 x 10 N/m, at the bottom of

the elevator shaft. Calculate (a) the work done by gravity on the elevator before it hits the spring: (b) the speed of the elevator just before striking the spring: (c) the amount the spring compresses. (6 points)

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