A 0.5 kg block moving at a speed of 12 ms^$$-$$1 compresses a spring through a distance 30 cm when its speed is halved. The spring constant of the spring will be _______________ Nm^$$-$$1.

A ball of mass 100 g is dropped from a height h = 10 cm on a platform fixed at the top of a vertical spring (as shown in figure). The ball stays on the platform and the platform is depressed by a distance $${h \over 2}$$. The spring constant is _____________ Nm^$$-$$1.

(Use g = 10 ms^$$-$$2)