A light spring with a spring constant of 15.2 N/m rests vertically on the bottom of a large beaker of water, as shown in (a) below. A 5.26 10-3 kg block of wood with a density of 636.0 kg/m3 is connected to the spring, and the mass-spring system is allowed to come to static equilibrium, as shown in (b) below. How much does the spring stretch?

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A light spring with a spring constant of 15.2 N/m rests vertically on the bottom of a large beaker of water, as shown in (a) below. A 5.26  10-3 kg block of wood with a density of 636.0 kg/m3 is connected to the spring, and the mass-spring system is allowed to come to static equilibrium, as shown in (b) below. How much does the spring stretch?