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Homework Statement
Ok so here is the prompt: a 3kg object is fastened to a light spring over a pulley. The pulley is frictionless and its inertia may be neglected. The object is released from rest when the spring is unstretched. If the object drops 0.1 meters before stopping, find the spring constant of the spring
Homework Equations
Spring force=kx
Gravity force=mg
3. The Attempt at a Solution
My attempt: Since the object is at rest i fgured that the force of the spring must be nullifiying the force of gravity. Therefore, forcespring=kx=weight=mg. plugging in the values and solving for K, i got K=294 Newton/meter. However the book says the correct value is 588 which is double mines. I have re-traced my steps and found that there is absolutely no mistake in getting the value 294. Is the book wrong or am i using the wrong method?