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When the cart maximally compresses the spring at the bottom of the fixed track, the cart's:

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a

velocity is non-zero but its acceleration is zero

b

acceleration is non-zero, but its velocity is zero

c

velocity and acceleration are zero

d

velocity and acceleration are both non-zero

answer is C.

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At equilibrium position Fnet = 0 and velocity is maximum but after that spring force increases and net force becomes in upward direction therefore at maximum compression acceleration will be non-zero.

Let compression in spring is x.
At maximum compression dxdt=0 v=0.

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