On the straight-line segment I in Figure we see that increasing the applied mass from 26 g...

On the straight-line segment I in Figure we see that increasing the applied mass from 26 g to 44 g results in a reduction of the end-to-end distance from 21 mm to 14 mm. What is the force constant in N/m on segment I?

(a)

(b)

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A. 2.6 N/m

B. 3.8 N/m

C. 9.8 N/m

D. 25 N/m