A 17.0 N package of whole wheat flour is suddenly placed on the pan of a scale such as you find in grocery stores. The pan is supported from below by a vertical spring of force constant 380 N/m . If the pan has negligible weight, find the maximum distance the spring will be compressed if no energy is dissipated by friction.

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A 17.0 N package of whole wheat flour is suddenly placed on the pan of a scale such as you find in grocery stores. The pan is supported from below by a vertical spring of force constant 380 N/m .

If the pan has negligible weight, find the maximum distance the spring will be compressed if no energy is dissipated by friction.

(NOTE ; 0.089 IS NOT CORRECT ANSWER.)

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