It is weigh-in time for the local under-85-kg rugby team. The bathroom scale used to assess eligibility can be described by Hook

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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 Hook

e's law and is depressed 0.65 cm by its maximum load of 110 kg.

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Molodets [167] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-27T18:52:39+03:00

<span>F = kx, where F is the force we apply, k is the spring constant, and x is the extension of the material
so the </span><span>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 </span>spring's effective spring constant