A spring oriented vertically is attached to a hard horizontal surface as in the

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A spring oriented vertically is attached to a hard horizontal surface as in the figure below. The spring has a force constant of1.40kN/m. How much is the spring compressed when a object of massm=2.70kg is placed on top of the spring and the system is at rest?

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A spring oriented vertically is attached to a hard horizontal surface as in the figure below. The spring has a force constant of1.40kN/m. How much is the spring compressed when a object of massm=2.70kg is placed on top of the spring and the system is at rest? cm

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1400x= 2.7*9.8 x=1.8 cm

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