Homework Help: Physics

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 1:32pm.

A spring is hung from a ceiling, and an object attached to its lower end stretches the spring by a distance of 5.00 cm from its unstretched position when the system is in equilibrium. If the spring constant is 54.1 N/m, determine the mass of the object.

Physics - bobpursley, Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 1:33pm
force= k x^2
mg=kx^2 solve for m.

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