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The constant of a spring is 480 N/m. How much elastic potential energy is stored in the spring if the spring is compressed a distance of 6.4 cm? What is the force being used to compress the spring?

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Chapter5: Energy

Section5.5: Spring Potential Energy

Problem 5.5QQ: Calculate the elastic potential energy of a spring with spring constant k = 225 N/m that is (a)...

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Spring Potential Energy

The potential energy is the energy possessed by a body by virtue of its position or the energy held by the object due to its position relative to other objects, its force like stresses, charge, and other factors affecting the particles of the body. The potential energy is the measure of the net work done by or on the body. The spring potential energy is the potential energy stored due to the deformation of an elastic spring and this elasticity is due to the stretched spring. The elasticity is the ability of a solid-state matter to come back to its equilibrium position or original position after any kind of external force is acted on it. It is also known as Elastic potential energy. The potential energy here is caused due to the displacement of the spring from its equilibrium position to another position and this potential energy is equal to the net work done due to the stretching of the spring. It also resembles the same mechanics of the oscillation of a simple pendulum, where due to the external force, the object moves from its equilibrium position to its maximum ends and the periodic motion continues till it comes back to the equilibrium position to rest. 

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The constant of a spring is 480 N/m.
How much elastic potential energy is stored in the spring if the spring is compressed a
distance of 6.4 cm?
What is the force being used to compress the spring?

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