College Physics:
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Author: SERWAY, Raymond A.
Publisher: Brooks/Cole Pub Co
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Chapter 13, Problem 5P
A biologist hangs a sample of mass 0.725 kg on a pair of identical, vertical springs in parallel and slowly lowers the sample to equilibrium, stretching the springs by 0.200 m. Calculate the value of the spring constant of one of the springs.
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