A mountain climber of mass 60. kg slips and falls a distance of 4.0 m, at which time he reaches the end of his elastic safety rope. The rope then stretches an additional 2.0 m before the climber comes to rest
What is the spring constant of the rope, assuming it obeys Hooke's law?
1.8 kN/m
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