An object attached to an ideal massless spring is pulled across a frictionless surface. If the spring constant is 45 N/m and the spring is stretched by 0.88 m when the object is accelerating at what is the mass of the object?

A) 20 kg
B) 17 kg
C) 22 kg
D) 26 kg


Answer: A

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