A vertical spring is originally 60 cm long. When you attach a 5 kg object to it, the spring stretches to 70 cm.
(a) Find the force constant on the spring.
(b) You now attach an additional 10 kg to the spring. Find its new length.
(For the multiple choice selection, answer only part (b). Use g=10 m/s2.)
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