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Chapter 6 Problem 38E

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Problem 38E

Leg Presses. As part of your daily workout, you lie on your back and push with your feet against a platform attached to two stiff springs arranged side by side so that they are parallel to each other. When you push the platform, you compress the springs. You do 80.0 J of work when you compress the springs 0.200 m from their uncompressed length. (a) What magnitude of force must you apply to hold the platform in this position? (b) How much additional work must you do to move the platform 0.200 m farther, and what maximum force must you apply?

Solution

Solution 38E

The work done on springs while they are compressed by a certain distance x is …..(1), k is the spring constant.

Given that,

Therefore, from equation (1),

(a)

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Title Sears and Zemansky's University Physics with Modern Physics 13 
Author Hugh D. Young; Roger A. Freedman; A. Lewis Ford
ISBN 9780321696861

Answer: Leg Presses. As part of your daily workout, you

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