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The Physics Problem Students Keep Getting Wrong: Two Static Blocks Hung From a Spring Scale

United StatesPublished December 21, 2022

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This is a classic application of Newton's Laws. It makes a great demonstration of static force, equilibrium and Net Force. Two masses are hung from opposite sides of a pulley. In between is a spring scale. What is the force reading on the scale? Most people will report the answer to this physics problem wrong th…

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