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A spring balance used to weigh candy is built with a spring the spring stretches 3.00 cm when a 15 n weight is placed in the pan. when the weight is replaced with 3 kg of candy, what distance will the
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A spring balance used to weigh candy is built with a spring the spring stretches 3.00 cm when a 15 n weight is placed in the pan. when the weight is replaced with 3 kg of candy, what distance will the spring stretch?

a.7.0 b.4.5 c.3.8 d.5.9

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Answer: 5.9cm

Explanation:

15N/3cm=5

Convert 3kg to N (29.42N)

Use the 5 from earlier to divide 29.42/5=5.884

Round to 5.9

5.9cm is the answer

(I don’t know if I solved this the correct way but I got it right. 5.9 is the correct answer)

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