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Problem 37PQ: You place tomatoes in the pan of a hanging spring scale and find that they weigh 2.5 lb. You measure...
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part A: What does the spring scale read just before the mass touches the lower spring?

part B: The scale reads 14 N when the lower spring has been compressed by 1.4 cm. What is the value of the spring constant for the lower spring?
part C: At what compression length will the scale read zero?
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lowered onto a vertical spring, as shown in (Figure 1).
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Transcribed Image Text:A 7.7 kg mass hanging from a spring scale is slowly lowered onto a vertical spring, as shown in (Figure 1). Figure Scale www < 1 of 1 >
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