Question

Question #ec14c

Answer 1

Hooke's Law is `F = -kx`.

Explanation:

First, you want to convert cm to m to be consistent with Newtons.

`"10.5 cm = ".105 m"`

Then,

`"57.7 N" = -k * ".105 m"`

So

`k = {"57.7 N"}/{".105 m"}`

(use the magnitude of `F` to ignore the minus sign)