2. In 1952, a great rainfall hit the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean. In less than 24 h, 187 kg of rain fell on each square meter of soil. If a 187 kg
mass is placed on a scale that has a spring constant of 1.53 x 104 N/m,
how far is the spring compressed?

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Since you have not included the experiment situation and the data, of course, i can not give you specific details about it. but i can you with this question.1) i will assume that the motion is projectile (parabolic) motion.2) yes, the horizontal distance depends on the horizontal velocity as, naming vx the horizontal velocity and t the time, it is: x = vx × t3) now, observe that the flight time depends on the vertical velocity as, naming voy the initial vertical velocity, t the time and y the vertical distance before reaching the ground: y = yo + voy×t - gt² / 2.the higher the initial vertical velocity (voy) the longer the object will be flying and so t will be higher in the equation for the horizontal distance.that explains the relationship between the horizontal distance and the horizontal velocity.