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that's where I got stuck too. I found the accelration for the force on the spring but I don't know where to go from there.

I have tried all sorts of ways to solve this problem, but it has gotten the better of me. A 0.2kg block is held in place by a force F that results in the compression of a spring beneath the block. The spring constant is 100N/m. Assuming the mass of the spring is negligible compared to that of...