Homework Help: Physics

Posted by Ted on Friday, February 8, 2013 at 9:33am.

The force required to stretch a Hooke’s-law
spring varies from 0 N to 63.5 N as we stretch
the spring by moving one end 5.31 cm from
its unstressed position.
Find the force constant of the spring.
Answer in units of N/m

Physics - Henry, Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 6:17pm
K = 63.5N/0.0531m = 1196N/m.

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