Ch 09: Work and Kinetic Energy
Chapter 9, Problem 9
A 35-cm-long vertical spring has one end fixed on the floor. Placing a 2.2 kg physics textbook on the spring compresses it to a length of 29 cm. What is the spring constant?
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