Work done required to stretch the spring from cm to a length of
cm is
J.
Consider the natural length of the spring as m.
Work done in moving the object from to
is
.
Here ,
m and
m.
From the Hookes law , .
Substitute ,
,
and
in
.
.
Work done required to stretch the spring from cm to a length of
cm is
J.
Here ,
m and
m.
Substitute ,
,
and
in
.
.
Solve the equations and
to get
and
values.
Substitute in
.
.
Therefore the length of the spring is .
Natural length of the spring is .