please help me with this question:  The spring in a pinball machine has a spring constant of 36N/m. The machine is titled at an angle of 16 degress. If the spring is pulled back 12cm in order to strike a 25g pinball, how fast will th epinball be going when it reaches the top of th emachine, 0.7m away from where it starts?

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The spring in a pinball machine has a spring constant of 36N/m. The machine is titled at an angle of 16 degress. If the spring is pulled back 12cm in order to strike a 25g pinball, how fast will th epinball be going when it reaches the top of th emachine, 0.7m away from where it starts?

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