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Posted by Kels on Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 6:05pm.

A spring has a spring constant of 42 N/m. How much work is required to stretch the spring 1.5 cm from its equilibrium position?

Physics - bobpursley, Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 6:11pm
work= 1/2 k x^2 = 1/2 42N/m * (.0015m)^2

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