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Posted by amanda on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 12:16am.

A certain spring stretches 4.6 cm when it
supports a mass of 0.55 kg .
If the elastic limit is not reached, how far
will it stretch when it supports amass of 8 kg ?
Answer in units of cm

physics - Henry, Friday, October 21, 2011 at 12:19pm
d = (m2/m1) * d1,
d = (8kg/0.55kg) * 4.6cm = 75.3cm.

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