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Transcribed Image Text:A 2 kg mass is attached to a spring with k = 44 N/m. To what distance must the
spring be stretched in order to store 0.5 J of potential energy?
A) 0.568 cm
B) 15 cm
C) 7,54 cm
O D) 2.27 cm
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