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A type of toy catapult consists of a movable plunger which has a spring attached as shown above. The handle was pulled down to fully compress the spring and on release the metal ball of mass 0.1 kg (weight 1 N) was projected 0.75 m vertically. ai What type of energy is stored in a compressed spring? [1 ii What happens to this stored energy when the handle of the plunger is released?
A i. what type of energy is stored in a compressed spring?
A ii. what happens to this stored energy when the handle of plunger is released?