What it the direction of the weight or force of gravity?

Why cooking gas has a typical smell

Aspring is used to stop a 50-kg package which is moving down a 20º incline. the spring has a constant k = 30 kn/m and is held by cables so that it is initially compressed 50 mm. knowing that the velocity of the package is 2 m/s when it is 8 m from the spring and neglecting friction, determine the maximum additional deformation of the spring in bringing the package to rest.

Can you receive a shock severe enough to prevent you from releasing the wire from an ordinary outlet with dry hands? a. no b. yes explain