An Ideal Spring Stretches by 21 $31.0 \mathrm {~cm} \text { ? }$

question 54

Multiple Choice

An ideal spring stretches by 21.0 cm when a 135-N object is hung from it. If instead you hang a fish from this spring, what is the weight of a fish that would stretch the spring by $31.0 \mathrm {~cm} \text { ? }$

• A)199 N
• B)91 N
• C)145 N
• D)279 N

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