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A spring scale has a spring coefficient of 400 n/m. Determine the mass of an object if it causes the scale's platform to sink .08m.

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k = 400 N/m
x = 0.08 m

F = k x
w = k x
m g = k x
m = kx/g

g = 9.8 m/s^2
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