An overhead garage door has two springs one on each side of the door.
\Force required to stretch each spring foot is
pounds.
Hooks law: .
Substitute and
.
The door moves total of feet.
Spring stretch only one half the distance the door travels due to pulley.
\Work done by the object in moving from to
is
.
Here and
.
in-lb.
Total work done by the pair of springs is in-lb.
Work done by the pair of springs is in-lb.