Fish are hung on a spring scale to determine their mass. (a) What is the force constant of the spring in such a scale if it the spring stretches 8.00 cm for a 10.0 kg load? (b) What is the mass of a fish that stretches the spring 5.50 cm? (c) How far apart are the half-kilogram marks on the scale?

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Fish are hung on a spring scale to determine their mass.(a) What is the force constant of the spring in such a scale if it the spring stretches 8.00 cm for a 10.0 kg load?(b) What is the mass of a fish that stretches the spring 5.50 cm?(c) How far apart are the half-kilogram marks on the scale?

Accepted Answer

$1.23	imes 10^{3}	extrm{ N/m}$ 	$6.88 	extrm{ kg}$	$4.00 	extrm{ mm}$

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