A spring with a spring constant of 144 N/m is compressed by a distance of 16.5 cm. How much elastic potential energy is stored in the spring?

Deven Blanchard

Deven Blanchard

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2023-01-09

A spring with a spring constant of 144 N/m is compressed by a distance of 16.5 cm. How much elastic potential energy is stored in the spring?

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CredyBetCreta109

CredyBetCreta109

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I'm assuming that you want to know how much elastic potential energy the spring has stored at the 16.5 cm stretched position.Since you know the spring constant k, 144 N/m and the spring stretch from the equilibrium position x, is 16.5 cm, or 0.165, you find the spring's potential energy from the equation PE = 12kx2, which equals 1.96 Joules, or kg * m2s2 if you want SI units.

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