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A block of 2 kg is suspended from the ceiling through a massless spring of spring constant k=100 N/m. What is the elongation of the spring? If another 1 kg is added to the block, what would be the further elongation?

A

`w_1`

B

`w_2`

C

`w_1+w_2`

D

`(w_1+w_2)/2`

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