An ideal spring of negligible mass is 12,00 cm long when nothing is attached to it. When you hang a 3,15-kg weight from it, you measure its length to be 13.40 cm, If you wanted to store 10,0 J of potential energy in this spring, what would be its total length?

An ideal spring of negligible mass is 12,00 cm long when nothing is attached to it. When you hang a 3,15-kg weight from it, you measure its length to be 13.40 cm, If you wanted to store 10,0 J of potential energy in this spring, what would be its total length?

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Chapter8: Potential Energy And Conservation Of Energy

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An ideal Spring of negligible mass is 12,00 cm
long when nothing is attached to it, When
you hang a 3,15-kg weight from it, you
measure its length to be 13.40 cm. If you
wanted to store 10,0 J of potential energy in
this spring, what would be its total length?

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