You have a light spring which obeys Hooke's law. This spring stretches 2.70 cm vertically when a 2.50 kg object is suspended from it. Determine the following:  a) the force constant of the spring (in N/m) b) the distance (in cm) the spring stretches if you replace the 2.50 kg object with a 1.25 kg object c) the amount of work (in J) an external agent must do to stretch the spring 7.60 cm from its unstretched position

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You have a light spring which obeys Hooke's law. This spring stretches 2.70 cm vertically when a 2.50 kg object is suspended from it. Determine the following: 

a) the force constant of the spring (in N/m)

b) the distance (in cm) the spring stretches if you replace the 2.50 kg object with a 1.25 kg object

c) the amount of work (in J) an external agent must do to stretch the spring 7.60 cm from its unstretched position

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