Define the speed of the bullet at impact with the block

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Q. A 12-g bullet is fired horizontally into a 104 g wooden block that is at first at rest on a frictionless horizontal surface and connected to a spring having spring constant 160 N/m. The bullet becomes embedded in the block. If the bullet-block system compresses the spring by a highest of 90.0 cm, what was the speed of the bullet at impact with the block?

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