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Posted by Brandon on Thursday, August 30, 2012 at 9:38pm.

If while the mass was hanging from a spring scale you pulled up sharply on the scale what do you think would happen to the reading on the scale?

Science - Steve, Friday, August 31, 2012 at 11:58am
it would increase, just as it would if you pulled down on the weight.

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