Mechano, the evil robot ccat, has captured the mouse, Jerry (m=0.600 kg), and is about...

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Mechano, the evil robot ccat, has captured the mouse, Jerry (m=0.600 kg), and is about to launch him out of a window using his robotic sling shot.The slingshot has two elastic bands that hold the pouch, which is wrapped around Jerry. Treat each of the bands like a Hooke's Law spring, with a spring constant of k=1850 N/m. The rest length of each "spring" isLo= 5.00 x 10-2 m.Answer the two questions below, using three sig figs.Part A-Just befor the launch, the "springs" have a length of Ly = 0.120 m. How much elastic potential energy. Ug. is stored in each "spring?"Part B - What is Jerry's speed, vy, when he leaves the slingshot?

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