College Physics (10th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem 45P
| You find that if you hang a 1.2Ekg weight from a vertical spring. it stretches 3.75 cm. (a) what is the force constant of this spring in N/m? (b) How much mass should you hang from the spring so i: will stretch by 8.13 cm from its original, unstretched length?
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