Calculate the amount the spring compresses

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An elevator cable breaks when a 975 kg elevator is 24.5 m above the top of a huge spring (k = 8.00 x 10^4 N/m) at the bottom of the shaft.

(a) Calculate the work done by gravity on the elevator before it hits the spring.

(b) Calculate the speed of the elevator just before striking the spring.

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