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You hang a 350 gram mass on a spring and its displaced 0.5 cm. Its spring constant is

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  • Mass=350g=0.35kg

Find Force


\\ \bull\tt\longmapsto F=ma=0.35(10)=3.5N

  • Compression=0.5cm=0.005m

Use Hooke's Law


\\ \bull\tt\longmapsto k=-(F)/(x)


\\ \bull\tt\longmapsto k=-(3.5)/(0.005)


\\ \bull\tt\longmapsto k=-700N/m

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