When a 2.10-kg object is hung vertically on a certain light spring described by Hooke's law, the spring stretches 2.74 cm. (a) What is the force constant of the spring? ____N/m (b) If the 2.10-kg object is removed, how far will the spring stretch if a 1.05-kg block is hung on it? ____cm (c) How much work must an external agent do to stretch the same spring 7.50 cm from its unstretched position? ____ J

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When a 2.10-kg object is hung vertically on a certain light spring described by Hooke's law, the spring stretches 2.74 cm.

(a) What is the force constant of the spring?
____N/m

(b) If the 2.10-kg object is removed, how far will the spring stretch if a 1.05-kg block is hung on it?
____cm

(c) How much work must an external agent do to stretch the same spring 7.50 cm from its unstretched position?
____ J 

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