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A 5.0 kg ball is attached to a vertical unstretched spring with k = 724 N/m and then released. What distance does the ball fall just as it momentarily comes to rest?Help please!
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A 5.0 kg ball is attached to a vertical unstretched spring with k = 724 N/m and then released. What distance does the ball fall just as it momentarily comes to rest?Help please!

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balance the force in order to get the answer
mg = -kx
= 49 = -724*x
that's 0.06767 metres down to the position where your spring was unstretched
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