SOLUTION: The length that a spring stretches varies directly with a weight placed at the end of the spring. When Sarah placed a 10 pound watermelon on a hanging scale, the spring stretched 5
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Question 1139736: The length that a spring stretches varies directly with a weight placed at the end of the spring. When Sarah placed a 10 pound watermelon on a hanging scale, the spring stretched 5 inches.
(a) Write the equation that relates the length of the spring in inches, L, to the weight in pounds, p.
(b) What weight of watermelon (in pounds) would stretch the spring 6 inches? Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source):
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