Question: Fish are hung on a spring scale to determine their mass ( most fishermen feel no obligation to truthfully report the mass ) . What

Fish are hung on a spring scale to determine their mass (most fishermen feel no obligation to truthfully report the mass).
What is the force constant of the spring in such a scale if it the spring stretches 7.9 cm for a 10.3 kg load?
F equals negative k x equals m g

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