You place tomatoes in the pan of a hanging spring scale and find that they weigh 2.9 lb. You measure the downward displacement of the scale's pan to be 1.2 in. What is the spring constant? Give your answer in lb/in. and in SI units.

You place tomatoes in the pan of a hanging spring scale and find that they weigh 2.9 lb. You measure the downward displacement of the scale's pan to be 1.2 in. What is the spring constant? Give your answer in lb/in. and in SI units.

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Chapter5: Newton's Laws Of Motion

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