A 3.0-kg brick rests on a perfectly smooth ramp inclined at 34° above the horizontal. The brick is kept from sliding down the plane by an ideal spring that is aligned with the surface and attached to a wall above the brick
The spring has a spring constant (force constant) of 120 N/m. By how much does the spring stretch with the brick attached?
A) 36 cm B) 360 cm C) 24 cm D) 14 cm E) 240 cm
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