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Question: When an object weighing 50 N is hung from a vertical spring, it stretches 20 cm. Calculate the spring's elastic constant. If the 50 N load were replaced with a 80 N weight, how far would the spring stretch?
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This solution provides the variables and equations needed for solving this physics-based question. This is all completed in about 40 words.
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We have the relation, F = -kx, where K is the spring constant and x is ...
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