A box is dropped onto a spring at its equilibrium position. The spring compresses with the box attached and comes to rest. Since the spring is in the vertical position, does the change in the gravitational potential energy of the box while the spring is compressing need to be considered in this problem?

Multiple choice. choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) if the force on an object is in the negative direction, the work it does on the object must be 1) a) negative. b) positive. c) the work could be either positive or negative, depending on the direction the object moves. 2) a truck has four times the mass of a car and is moving with twice the speed of the car. if kt and kc refer to the kinetic energies of truck and car respectively, it is correct to say that 2) a) kt = 16kc . b) kt = 1 2 kc. c) kt = kc . d) kt = 2kc . e) kt = 4kc . 3) you and your friend, who weighs the same as you, want to go to the top of the eiffel tower. your friend takes the elevator straight up. you decide to walk up the spiral stairway, taking longer to do so. compare the gravitational