SOLUTION: Hookes law. The distance d when a spring is stretched by a hanging object varies directly as the weight w of the object. If the distance is 58cm when the weight is 4kg what is th

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Question 470733: Hookes law. The distance d when a spring is stretched by a hanging object varies directly as the weight w of the object. If the distance is 58cm when the weight is 4kg what is the distance when the weight is 5kg?
Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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4/58=5/x
4x=290
x=72.5