Suppose the spring in the sample problem is replaced with a spring that stretches 36 cm from its equilibrium position

The gravitational force is acting downward as the spring is held vertically. Therefore, spring is stretched downward and the force is directly proportional to the stretched distance. The product of the mass and the gravitational acceleration gives gravitational force.

weight of the box is given as

here this is placed on the inclined of angle 42 degree

now this weight will have two components one is along the incline other is perpendicular to it

so here we need to apply a force parallel to incline opposite to its component of weight

so here the component of weight is given as

here we have

so it requires 75 n force to move it upwards