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Question

a spring has a force constant k=80 N/m. How much energy is required to stretch it from 1 cm to 2 cm?

Answer 1

Step 1:

The spring is stretched from 1 cm to 2 cm.

The force constant is .

Find the energy is required to stretch the spring.

The spring constant is obtained from Hookes law is , where is the work done.

Here .

From Hookes law : .

Substitute , in the above formula.

Solution :

The energy is required to stretch the spring from 1 cm to 2 cm is .