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  • 12-02-2017
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It is weigh-in time for the local under-85-kg rugby team. The bathroom scale used to assess eligibility can be described by Hooke's law and is depressed 0.65 cm by its maximum load of 110 kg.

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MissPhiladelphia
MissPhiladelphia MissPhiladelphia
  • 22-02-2017

F = kx, where F is the force we apply, k is the spring constant, and x is the extension of the material 
so the 
spring's effective spring constant k is:
k = F / x
k = ( 110 kg ) ( 9.81 m/s^2) / 0.65 cm
k = 1660 N/cm  is the 
spring's effective spring constant

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