Aunstretched spring hangs from the ceiling with a length of 0.31 m. a 9.1-kg block is hung from the spring and the spring stretches to be 0.50 m long. how long will the spring be if a 3.3-kg block is hung from the spring? for both cases, all vibrations of the spring are allowed to settle down before any measurements are made.

As we know that spring force is given by

here we know that for the equilibrium of the mass suspended with the spring we have

so now we have

now we have

now we have another mass

m = 3.3 kg

again from above equation we have

so final length of the spring will be 0.38 m

when jerome paddle in flowing river towards east the net speed of jerome will increase

so the net speed of jerome will be given as

now the speed of paul will be same as it is given as he is running on the ground

so

so here we can say since the speed of jerome is more so he will win the race

now as we know the distance so the time difference is given as

so jerome will reach first and the time difference will be 203.55 s or 3.4 min