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Posted by chanel on Monday, February 4, 2008 at 3:49pm.

two springs have spring constants of 10.0 N/cm and 15.0 N/cm. which spring is more difficult to stretch?

physics - Damon, Monday, February 4, 2008 at 4:34pm
F = k x
how hard to pull 1 unit (x = 1 cm) for each?
F1 = 10 Newtons
F2 = 15 Newtons
physics - chanel, Monday, February 4, 2008 at 5:06pm
so 15.0 is harder to stretch
physics - Damon, Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at 4:31pm
Yes.

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