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we don't know what force it exerts.
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We do know it exerts a force,
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so here's what you do.
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You hook one end of the spring to a wall
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and you pull it from rest by some amount
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and you attach the one kilogram mass to it.
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Yes?
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A wall that will not move?
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You're right.
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What can actually happen
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is that if you're in an enormous laboratory,
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which is made up of an enormous object,