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Fish are hung on a spring scale to determine their mass
Chapter 16, Problem 1(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 1PE
Fish are hung on a spring scale to determine their mass (most fishermen feel no obligation to truthfully report the mass).
(a) What is the force constant of the spring in such a scale if it the spring stretches 8.00 cm for a 10.0 kg load?
(b) What is the mass of a fish that stretches the spring 5.50 cm?
(c) How far apart are the half-kilogram marks on the scale?
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QUESTION:
Problem 1PE
Fish are hung on a spring scale to determine their mass (most fishermen feel no obligation to truthfully report the mass).
(a) What is the force constant of the spring in such a scale if it the spring stretches 8.00 cm for a 10.0 kg load?
(b) What is the mass of a fish that stretches the spring 5.50 cm?
(c) How far apart are the half-kilogram marks on the scale?
ANSWER:
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