A stretched spring stores 2.0 J of energy. How much energy

Chapter 10, Problem 19E

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A stretched spring stores \(2.0 \mathrm{~J}\) of energy. How much energy will be stored if the spring is stretched three times as far?

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QUESTION:

A stretched spring stores \(2.0 \mathrm{~J}\) of energy. How much energy will be stored if the spring is stretched three times as far?

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Here we have to find the energy stored in the stretched spring.

The energy stored is actually the potential energy and we know how to express the potential energy stored in the spring.

                                               \(E=\frac{1}{2} k x^{2}\)

 

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