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Homework Statement
A 5.0 kg block is placed near the top of a frictionless ramp, which makes an angle of 30.0o degrees to the horizontal. A distance d = 1.3 m away from the block is an unstretched spring with k = 3000.0 N/m. The block slides down the ramp and compresses the spring. Find the maximum compression of the spring.
Homework Equations
The "solutions guide" is wanting me to use GPE=mgh (and I can substitute (1.3 + x) for h) and SPR=.5kx^2.
The Attempt at a Solution
I've tried setting them equal to each other, but then I get x as .137 and they say that's not correct.