A spring is stretched 10 cm by a suspended 1-kg block. If two such springs side-by-side are used to suspend the 1-kg block, each spring will then stretch

A) 5 cm.
B) 10 cm.
C) 20 cm.
D) 30 cm.
E) none of the above


Answer: A

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